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FeurerKrieg -> January 21st, 1943 (12/19/2008 6:35:50 AM)
January 21st, 1943 Artillery continue to shell Chungking, but other than that it is quiet today. The last of the three new planes we received in January, the Ki-46-III. quote: Despite the excellence of the design, the Koku Hombu wanted to make sure they kept the Ki-46's technical edge, and in May 1942 the Army asked Mitsubishi to produce yet another upgrade of the type, to be designated the "Ki-46-III". The new variant was to have a top speed of 650 KPH (404 MPH), endurance increased by one hour to seven hours, and stronger main landing gear. The first of two prototypes flew in December 1942. The Ki-46-III was powered by Ha-112-II engines with direct fuel injection, each providing 930 kW (1,250 HP) at altitude, giving the type with a top speed of 630 KPH (391 MPH) at 5,280 meters (19,000 feet). The engine cowlings had to be slightly redesigned to accommodate the new powerplants. The fuel tank arrangement was also redesigned. A fuel tank with a capacity of of 1,895 liters (505 US gallons) was added in the nose, and a ventral drop tank providing 460 liters (122 US gallons) was added as well. The rear machine gun, never a particularly effective means of defense, was deleted. It had often been removed from Ki-46-IIs in the field anyway. The pilot's canopy was completely changed, forming a simple curved surface all the way to the nose and giving the Ki-46-III a very unique and elegant appearance. Unfortunately, difficulties in producing the Ha-112-II engines limited Ki-46-III production, and Mitsubishi continued to roll out the Ki-46-II in parallel. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/ki46III.jpg[/image] Ki-46-III Dinah

FeurerKrieg -> January 22nd, 1943 (12/30/2008 4:51:16 AM)
Hey all, I'm finally back! I have been playing turns, but haven't had time to post due to my recent move. That's right - I'm a proud mortgage holder now. So I have a room full of all my pretty video games and books. Wee! Back to the action (or lack thereof)... January 22nd, 1943 I-121 is hit by an enemy bomber while laying mines at Trivandrum on the tip of India. Damage is pretty significant, so we'll see what happens. 6 SB-2c's hit our troops around Chungking today to little effect. Malacca airfield expanded (sz 3) and Baker Island is large enough to support dive bombers. We will expand Baker no more - hopefully some fighters and DBs there will be useful in supporting the defense of Canton Island.

FeurerKrieg -> January 23rd, 1943 (12/30/2008 5:07:39 AM)
January 23rd, 1943 The mines our subs laid at Laysan paid off today, as APD Schley hit a Type 88 mine. The ship didn't sink, but hopefully the enemy lost some supplies. 44 Oscar IIa's attacked 3 P-38's over Laysan today and lost one of their own. The damaged a couple of the P-38's but those planes are hard to bring down. More ominous is that Laysan airfield was opened for business today (sz 1). We will fly only recon tomorrow to see what the enemy plans to bring in.

Alikchi2 -> RE: January 22nd, 1943 (12/30/2008 5:14:33 AM)
quote: Hey all, I'm finally back! I have been playing turns, but haven't had time to post due to my recent move. That's right - I'm a proud mortgage holder now. So I have a room full of all my pretty video games and books. Wee! Congrats!

FeurerKrieg -> RE: January 22nd, 1943 (1/5/2009 4:33:54 AM)
Sorry for the delays in posting guys - we are up to Feb 4th in game. Trying to get all those little home improvement projects done ASAP. January 24th, 1943 SB-2c's bombed our troops at Chungking today, wounding 10 men. Our recon flight at Laysan spotted a new American fighter today along with the P-38's. We will attempt some night bombing in the near future to avoid these new fighters. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/F4U-1.jpg[/image] F4U-1 Corsair

FeurerKrieg -> January 25th, 1943 (1/5/2009 4:39:17 AM)
January 25th, 1943 Night air attacked launched against Laysan. 14 Liz bombers and 20 Helens dropped bombs, but it is unclear if any damage was inflicted. Several airbases were expanded today including Kuala Lumper and Rossel Island (between the Solomons and NG). (Both sz 3)

FeurerKrieg -> January 26th, 1943 (1/5/2009 4:46:49 AM)
January 26th, 1943 Things continue to be quiet just about everywhere. A couple Allied minesweepers show up at Laysan to clear away our sub laid mines. As much as we would like to sink them, 2 MSW's are not worth the losses that Corsairs and P-38G's would likely inflict. Our forces and supplies are being built up on Canton Island, Tarawa, Abemama and Makin. Each island will soon have over 20,000 supplies and most will have significant amounts of air support. Army fighters and dive bombers are being brought in to augment our naval forces in the area also. A full division has been landed on Canton Island and the elite South Seas Detachment is on Tarawa, standing by over a hundred transport planes - ready to reinforce if needed. Makin will soon have 5 construction battalions working to get the base Betty capable. At the same time, Wake and Midway are both armed to max that the small islands will support. Our bombers and fighters are resting up and will attempt some harassing raids on Laysan to slow the buildup of that base as long as possible, without taking repeated losses. Zuikaku and Shokaku have departed Kwajelein and will head to Tokyo to get several new AA guns installed and then they will immediately return to Kwajelein.

FeurerKrieg -> January 27th, 1943 (1/5/2009 4:49:54 AM)
January 27th, 1943 A couple days ago, a submarine was spotted near the Solomons. Today a hunter group encountered the sub, S-34, but could not land a hit with any deptch charges. They will continue to hunt in that area. 3 more SB-2c's hit our troops at Chungking, today wounding 26 men and knocking out 1 gun.

FeurerKrieg -> January 28th, 1943 (1/5/2009 4:58:25 AM)
January 28th, 1943 Today, the SB-2c's at Chungking were jumped by our Oscar II's on LRCAP. 1 was shot down and the rest returned to base. An interesting side effect of the fighting in the Pacific - while our planes have largely been resting on the ground, the enemy planes have been flying CAP and when flying - ops losses happen. The last week or two has seen most days with more Allied ops losses than Japan. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/chungking11.jpg[/image] Oscar's make a now rare appearance over Chungking.

FeurerKrieg -> January 29th, 1943 (1/5/2009 5:03:40 AM)
January 29th, 1943 All quiet today, other than shells flying at Chungking. A couple Allied recon planes shot down in the Pacific.

FeurerKrieg -> January 30th, 1943 (1/5/2009 5:09:12 AM)
January 30th, 1943 In the dark night skies, 26 Liz bombers and 18 Helens hit Laysan. Tonight a couple hits were confirmed on the airbase. SB-2c's attacked at Chungking again. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/laysan9.jpg[/image] Night attack on Laysan.

FeurerKrieg -> January 31th, 1943 (1/5/2009 5:18:07 AM)
January 31st, 1943 An additional Sentai of Helens landed at Midway and took off in the dark for another attack on Laysan. 21 Liz and 28 Helens this time. However, out of the dark skies, enemy cannons blazed at our bombers from P-38G's on night patrol. While the P-38's didn't shoot any of our planes down, they did provide some bearing for enemy flak and 4 Helens and 1 Liz went down to AA fire. Now that the enemy has some of their fighters up at night, we will send a daylight raid soon escorted by Oscar IIs. The Oscars should be able to fight the bombers through if there are only a dozen or so enemy fighters, and the bombers can catch the night fighters on the runway - with daylight accuracy. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/laysan10.jpg[/image] Nighttime A2A combat

FeurerKrieg -> January Stats (1/9/2009 7:06:57 AM)
January was mostly quiet. Nearly all of our air losses were Army frames. We did well in terms of ship losses. The enemy lost several ships on the way back to Pearl from the Line Islands. Our subs got an MSW which almost got the sub ratio back up to 1:1. Also, very clearly the Allied rate of ops losses is climbing as they become more and more active. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Jan43SB.jpg[/image] [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Jan43ShipLosses.jpg[/image] [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Jan43AirLossesMonth.jpg[/image] [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Jan43AirLossesWar.jpg[/image] [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Jan43TopGuns.jpg[/image] [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Jan43SubRatio.jpg[/image] [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Jan43SubLeaders.jpg[/image] [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Jan43Prod.jpg[/image]

FeurerKrieg -> Feb 1 Situation (1/9/2009 7:19:45 AM)
February begins with the Empire still in excellent condition. Resource and oil convoys move with no threat. Escorts are in sufficient supply to protect our cargo ships from enemy submarines. Production hums along nicely, with large reserves of Armaments. Our HI reserves continue to slowly climb, and our ships continue to near completion. The first two Unryu's are now approximately 2 months from being finished, and Chiyoda and Chitose should be done about a month after that. There are four main areas of potential US advances as shown on the map below. The Northern Advance is largely as ready as it can be for an assault. Although PJ and OJ do not currently have large troop concentrations, an attack against Adak, Attu, et al will trigger a reinforcing action to PJ and OJ. Wake and Midway are both armed as much as possible given their small size. The US could head south, but it is unlikely they would go so far from a friendly port. If so, they will find the southern islands fairly lightly defended, although there are IJN BF forces (the ones with CD guns) at all the island in that area. Please all of them are level 4 airfield and Bettys and Army fighters could be brought in quickly. The KB could move to cut off any retreat route, so, as stated, it is an unlikely place for an attack to happen - but it is possible. Burma shows no offensive activity yet. Our veteran Army pilots there continue to patrol and keep away the enemy bombers by staying out of range of escorting fighters (except the P-40Es). Australia does not seem to have sufficient naval assets to launch any offensives, although our planes do keep a look out for any activity. Once Thursday Island hit sz 4, Bettys will move in and attempt to bomb some resources in central Australia. Overall, things are going well. Feb 1943 and we still have New Zealand and nearly all of the Pacific. No move in Burma or DEI. But we all know it won't last forever. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/Jan43Map.jpg[/image]

FeurerKrieg -> February 1st, 1943 (1/12/2009 7:01:25 AM)
February 1st, 1943 Our subchasers attacked S-46 south of Rabaul today, but only score glancing blows. The airfield at Ulithi was completed and the airfield at Makin can now accommodate offensive missions. (Sz 4 & 2)

FeurerKrieg -> February 2nd, 1943 (1/12/2009 7:16:24 AM)
February 2nd, 1943 Today, S-18 and S-43 were both attacked in the Solomons. Unfortunately, S-43 managed to hunt the hunters and put a torpedo into PC Tama Maru #8. The small ship will likely sink. At Laysan, as planned our airplanes launched a major daylight raid on the small enemy airbase. 47 Liz and 76 Helen bombers, escorted by 35 Oscar IIa fighters encountered 6 P-38G fighters defending the base. When all was said and done we had moderately damaged the airbase, destroying 11 enemy planes on the ground, and actually shot down one P-38G with no loss to our Oscars. For the first time in the war we destroyed some F4U-1 Corsairs. This time at least, we got them the easy way - on the ground. Flak losses were pretty heavy, but now he'll have to keep more CAP in place, while our planes stand down and take it easy at Midway. Losses: Helens - 3 in the Air and 7 to flak Liz - 3 to flak P-38G - 1 in the air, 3 on the ground F4U-1 Corsair - 7 ground PBM Mariner - 1 ground Our fallback defense continue to develop - today the airfield at Luangprabang expanded. (sz 3) [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/laysan11.jpg[/image] Bombing Laysan Airfield.

FeurerKrieg -> February 3rd, 1943 (1/12/2009 7:19:28 AM)
February 3rd, 1943 Three SB-2c's bombed our troops at Chungking today. Recon spotted more P-38G's over Laysan today so the CAP was increased. And, as hoped, one P-38G was reported lost to ops losses. Since the Corsairs still are not flying CAP, our next strike will be at high altitude - above the ceiling of the P-38Gs.

FeurerKrieg -> February 4th, 1943 (1/12/2009 7:21:41 AM)
February 4th, 1943 Quiet today. PC Tama Maru #8 sunk while trying to reach Shortlands.

Alikchi2 -> RE: February 4th, 1943 (1/12/2009 9:34:19 AM)
FK - reread the whole thing over the past week or so. I want to compliment you on a really superb command of the war. It's February 1943 and you're bombing Laysan Island and you hold New Zealand - not much else needs to be said. Especially considering that OSO has been a fairly competent opponent. Nice work on the graphics, too. A purely technical question for you - how do you make those arrows? I always wondered how that was done. In all seriousness though - this might be the first game I've observed where the Japanese might actually have a chance to keep the Home Islands out of B-29 range throughout the war. Kudos. [&o]

FeurerKrieg -> RE: February 4th, 1943 (1/12/2009 4:49:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Alikchi FK - reread the whole thing over the past week or so. I want to compliment you on a really superb command of the war. It's February 1943 and you're bombing Laysan Island and you hold New Zealand - not much else needs to be said. Especially considering that OSO has been a fairly competent opponent. Nice work on the graphics, too. A purely technical question for you - how do you make those arrows? I always wondered how that was done. In all seriousness though - this might be the first game I've observed where the Japanese might actually have a chance to keep the Home Islands out of B-29 range throughout the war. Kudos. [&o] Ha - You'll jinx me for sure! JK of course, thanks for the compliments. B-29's have a pretty far reach though, so maybe I can at least hold them off longer than the average game, but I'm sure it is just a matter of time before the Home Islands get ravaged by those American barbarians. As to the arrows - in Photoshop (7) I select the line tool, then in the toolbar, to the right of all the Shape Tools, there is a little drop down arrow, but the only thing it does is give you arrow head options. You can make them long and skinny, short and fat, big or little - etc. Then the lines you make with the line tool will have arrowheads on them.

Alikchi2 -> RE: February 4th, 1943 (1/12/2009 9:00:52 PM)
Excellent, thanks.

FeurerKrieg -> RE: February 4th, 1943 (1/12/2009 9:05:37 PM)
You playing any WITP these days, Alikchi? Or just waiting for AE? Another question (since you asked about graphics) are you doing any AAR's for some other game(s)?

Alikchi2 -> RE: February 4th, 1943 (1/12/2009 9:17:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg You playing any WITP these days, Alikchi? Or just waiting for AE? Another question (since you asked about graphics) are you doing any AAR's for some other game(s)? I've got a couple game going. My housemate is new to WitP, so I'm playing a PBEM with him in the default South Pacific scenario. And I have a very interesting NikMod Guadalcanal game going with Stormwolf at the moment. I've considered doing an AAR, but I think I'll wait until AE is out and life has adjusted to the new school year.. these things are a commitment you know! As for other games, no, not exactly. I've been uploading some videos of Team Fortress 2 (a multiplayer shooter game) to my YouTube account, but those don't really count as AARs exactly..

FeurerKrieg -> February 5th, 1943 (1/13/2009 6:25:05 AM)
February 5th, 1943 S-47 again evaded our ASW ships in the Solomons. However, in the eastern Central Pacific, our Type 88 Sub mines paid off again at French Frigate Shoals, this time catching two APD's on their return run from Laysan. APD Humpreys and King both took heavy damage from hit a mine each. I-162 was hit by a B-17 near Madras and took some serious damage. It is unclear if the ship will make it back to Rangoon or not. In Burma, the sleeping bear of Allied LBA stirred a bit, as many Liberators and Mitchells from Dacca hit the 2nd NLF at Cox's Bazaar. From Rangpur, Wellingtons and Blenheim IV's flew down and hit the base facilities at Cox's Bazaar also. Hopefully this isn't the start of a major air offensive in Burma. The less fighting there the better from our standpoint. In China, for the last couple days, several lower experience (55-65) Tojo and Oscar II units have moved to Kweiyang with the intent to sweep the Chinese fighters at Chungking for some much needed combat experience. Today they launched their attack and although 3 rookie pilots were lost (2 Tojo and 1 Oscar) the other pilots made many kills and learned a lot about their craft. 12 P-43 Lancers and 3 I-16c's were brought down. Our fighters will move to Changsha ASAP to avoid enemy 4E attack. Enemy SB-2c's bombed our troops - 9 men were wounded and 1 SB-2c was shot down by flak. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/chungking12.jpg[/image] Combat training in China

FeurerKrieg -> February 6th, 1943 (1/13/2009 6:27:37 AM)
February 6th, 1943 Mostly quiet today, no more LBA strikes from India into Burma. SB-2cs continue to bomb us outside of Chungking. Saigon's airfield and port both expanded today. (sz 6 for both)

FeurerKrieg -> February 7th, 1943 (1/14/2009 6:37:26 AM)
February 7th, 1943 Betty bombers from Canton Island hit Jarvis today. Damage to the airfield was light, but some enemy casualties were reported. The pocket of five units in China (in the mountains west of Sian) seems to be finally expiring. Enemy resistance has been lighter the last couple days, and enemy casualties have been rising with each attack. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/jarvis1.jpg[/image] Attack on Jarvis.

FeurerKrieg -> RE: February 7th, 1943 (1/14/2009 6:43:51 AM)
February 8th, 1943 Bombers from Midway hit Laysan from about 31,000ft. Little, if any, damage was caused. We'll see if Corsairs are spotted on CAP over the next couple days. They can fly higher than our bombers. If they do show on CAP, we'll switch back to night bombing. One SB-2c shot down by flak over Chungking. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/laysan12.jpg[/image] High altitude bombing at Laysan.

FeurerKrieg -> February 9th, 1943 (1/15/2009 7:22:16 AM)
February 9th, 1943 Burma comes alive today as Allied air strikes are launched against three major bases. The first is Magwe. First, 76 P-40E Warhawks of the AVG from Imphal fly sweep, encountering 18 Tojos and 16 Tonys. Our planes fight well enough, even though outnumbered. 14 Tojos go down, but only 2 TOnys are lost. 11 of the P-40E's are shot down. Following the sweep, 63 B-24D Liberators escorted by 8 P-66's fly down from Dacca and bomb the base. 14 Tonys still are on CAP and 2 P-66's are shot down and several B-24s are damaged. No Tonies are lost in the air, but several are lost on the ground. The airbase is moderately damaged. (28 service/26 runway). There are 166 Engineers that will try and get the place fixed up, but for now the Tony and Tojo units will move to Rangoon to restock airframes. Very few pilots are lost. The next attack hit Rangoon. Rather than contend with the heavy fighter defenses, the first wave from Calcutta and Dimapur - consisting of 12 B-17D and 30 B-17E, came in at 37,000 feet - out of reach of all the fighters at the base. Their drop did little damage. The second wave at Rangoon did not have it as easy. 57 Liberator III's from Rangpur came in at 32,000 feet. While the Zeros and Tonys could not each, our Nick and Tojo's could. The Nicks did very well, taking down 8 of the large planes. The Tojos did not get any immediate kills but did contribute to the total of 38 Lib III's damaged. Their drop was also relatively ineffective. By the end of the day, the airbase was only lightly damaged. (service 9/runway 8) [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/rangoon1.jpg[/image] Rangoon under attack. The final bombing attack came at Mandalay. First 31 Hurricane IIb's from Imphal and Kohima cleared the airspace, but none of our planes were there to engage. Next, 32 B-25C Mitchell bombers came in from Dacca and braved some heavy flak to drop their bombs. After that, 39 Blenheim IV's and 34 Wellington IIIs flew in from Rangpur and also hit the base. Mandalay, like Magwe was moderately damaged, but only a recon unit is based there, and there are plenty of engineers on hand for repair work. (24 serv/28 runway) [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/mandalay2.jpg[/image] Attack on Mandalay And finally, although there were not any bombing runs, 38 Hurricane IIb's flew a sweep over Myitkyina. The tally of lost planes at the end of the day was as follows: Japan: Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 14 A2A, 8 Ground Ki-61-1b Tony: 2 A2A, 5 Ground Ki-15 Babs: 5 Ground Ki-45-II Dinah: 1 A2A, 3 Ground Total: 38 Allies: P-40E Warhawk: 11 A2A Liberator III: 8 A2A Wellington III: 2 Flak, 1 Ops P-66 Vanguard: 2 A2A B-25C Mitchell: 2 Flak Hurricane IIb: 2 Ops Blenheim IV: 1 Flak Total: 29 A costly raid for the Allies for not much gain I would think - hopefully he will back off for a bit. I did learn that the Tojo's and Nick need to go to the back bases and the Tonys to the front. Other events include another attack on the pocket near Sian. Today the enemy had over 1000 casualties compared to the normal 150-200 per day.

FeurerKrieg -> February 10th, 1943 (1/15/2009 7:28:46 AM)
February 10th, 1943 Our Oscar IIa's stage another ambush over Chungking. Today they downed 3 P-43A Lancers and 3 SB-2Cs, with no loss of their own. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/chungking13.jpg[/image] Oscar IIa's training and fighting. The pocket near Sian took another 1100 casualties today. I would love to press the attack, but my units there need to rest and wait a day or two for supplies to build up again.

FeurerKrieg -> February 11th, 1943 (1/16/2009 6:45:11 AM)
February 11th, 1943 Bettys from Canton Island hit Jarvis but appear to do little damage. With Corsairs spotted on CAP during the day over Laysan, our bombers return to the relative safety of night bombing. The enemy P-38s on nighttime CAP have a hard time finding us in the dark, so these attacks will probably continue for some time. [image]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/bfeurer/laysan13.jpg[/image] Night bombing at Laysan.

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