RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund

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jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/13/2008 12:48:51 AM)
"Adlertag" DAY 1 summary: The first day of operation "Adlertag" went better than I have expected. The weather was good above our base and all launched planes found their target. And the best thing was, that Irkutsk itself was clauded, so all his bombers stayed home and were just "sitting ducks". Also our strike was "larger" than we could hope. 255 fighters and 248 bombers! When you consider that I had 345 operational fighters with 20% CAP and 278 operational bombers it is a small miracle. It means 92% of availible fighters and 89% bombers took off!!! From base Lvl 6 overstacked by 100%.. They met really strong oposition of 356 enemy fighters, including some P-38G. All my fighters were set to sweep and only Oscar II were escorting bombers. One Ki-44-II sentai (with the lowest xp) were set to 5000ft and all others to 20000ft and I hoped I could "bounce" him when his planes will be drawn to low level... It didn´t help at all (probably) as I have seen only "bounce" after "bounce" after "bounce" of MY fighters.. [image]http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1330/71268960ix4.png[/image] During the bloody battle my brave eagles managed to shoot down 137 LaGG-3, 89 MiG-3, 43 Yak-1, 33 I-16 and 27 P-38G and succesfully protected the bombers as only single Ki-49 was shot down by russian fighter.. And it means that 247 bombers attacked Irkutsk airfield filled with many planes. Results were good. On the ground were destroyed: 42 LaGG-3, 14 MiG-3, 5 Yak-1, 3 P-38G and 11 I-16. So far it is satisfying. But except the fighters, there were also hundreds of bombers and these have suffered only "minor" losses: 32 SB-2, 26 Il-2 and 12 Pe-2. It is surprisingly low number considering the fact there was probably more then 500 of them sitting on the runway.. [;)] And here are the results of my fighters: F1/Yamada (J2M Jack) lost 12 planes and 11 pilots. Shot down 25 enemies F2/Yamada (J2M Jack) lost 1 plane and 1 pilot. Shot down 7 enemies F1/Ominato (J2M Jack) lost 5 planes and 4 pilots. Shot down 42 enemies F2/Ominato (J2M Jack) lost 4 planes and 4 pilots. Shot down 46 enemies F3/Ominato (J2M Jack) lost 5 planes and 4 pilots. Shot down 19 enemies 63rd Sentai (Ki-43-II Oscar) lost 22 planes and 20 pilots. Shot down 12 enemies 65th Sentai (Ki-61 Tony) lost 3 planes and 1 pilot. Shot down 11 enemies 85th Sentai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 20 planes and 16 pilots. Shot down 15 enemies (this unit was set on 5k ft) 68th Sentai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 14 planes and 12 pilots. Shot down 75 enemies 203rd Sentai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 16 planes and 11 pilots. Shot down 45 enemies F2/24th Chutai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 7 planes and 6 pilots. Shot down 9 enemies F2/64th Chutai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 1 plane and 1 pilot. Shot down 13 enemies F2/54th Chutai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 6 planes and 4 pilots. Shot down 10 enemies I will continue with offensive next day. His defensive abilities were significantly lowered. 27 fresh A6M3 were brough from the rear together with 36 Ki-21 and 27 Ki-49. Many survived bombers and fighters were damaged but I should be able to send about 150 fighters and 250 bombers again. He has probably full pool of reinforcement planes, but they won´t be operational for a while. Now is the best time to finish him.. Let´s hope the weather will be on our side again..

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/13/2008 1:51:59 PM)
Another good day for empire.. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/19/43 The sub war continues another day. Allied convoys heading to Brisbane were hit again. This time we get the "golden ship" with 24 F4U-1 Corsairs on board. All went down with ship: Sub attack at 60,114 Japanese Ships SS I-35 Allied Ships AK Lewis Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Brooks Our subs then managed to fire torps also at AVD and AP U.S. Grant, but in both cases torps missed.. I-9 managed to get LCT in Noumea harbor. The submarine attacked on the surface using the deck gun only. 8 hits send the LCT to the bottom.. Our subs are attacking allied transports between Brisbane and Noumea for the 4th day in a row and they are running low on torps and fuel. Soon they will have to return to Rabaul to replenish. New wolfpack of 3 I-boats left Rabaul today to take their place.. Russian airforce was send to attack Ulan-Ude finally. Too late and too few.. We had just a small CAP, but it was enought to cause a huge losses to bombers lacking any escort. Remaining bombers were so disrupted, that the base was only lightly damaged and no plane was hit on the ground -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Ulan-Ude , at 61,10 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 6 J2M Jack x 15 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 3 Allied aircraft SB-2 x 83 Pe-2 x 31 Pe-2R x 6 R-12 x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 4 damaged J2M Jack: 4 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 damaged Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses SB-2: 47 destroyed Pe-2: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged R-12: 3 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 225 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Runway hits 3 Then came the second Russian bomber raid. This time against one of our tank rgts near Irkutsk. I don´t understand why. If those 116 Il-2 have attacked our base together with previous strike, my CAP would have much more troubles. Il-2 are not as "easy kills" as SB-2 and Pe-2.. Instead of hitting my air base with all his forces from the day one, he waited too long and even now attacked with only half of his bombers. The secon half managed to hurt 150 men and damage a few tanks of 10th Tank regiment.. If he prefere to attack unimportant unit instead of important base, I will take it every day.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 10th Tank Regiment, at 59,7 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 11 MiG-3 x 19 LaGG-3 x 39 Yak-1 x 8 IL-2 Shturmovik x 116 Pe-2R x 1 Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 15 damaged Japanese ground losses: 168 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Vehicles lost 10 2nd day of Irkutsk battle - I will commnet this strike again in separate post (total losses are something like 50:350 in japanese favour).. BANZAI! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 17 J2M Jack x 81 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 58 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 30 Ki-21 Sally x 151 Ki-49 Helen x 139 Ki-46-III Dinah x 5 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 9 MiG-3 x 24 LaGG-3 x 40 Yak-1 x 12 Japanese aircraft losses J2M Jack: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 16 destroyed, 9 damaged Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 6 destroyed, 28 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 5 destroyed, 33 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 14 destroyed MiG-3: 31 destroyed LaGG-3: 28 destroyed Yak-1: 10 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 20 destroyed SB-2: 8 destroyed R-12: 5 destroyed Li-2: 11 destroyed Pe-2: 3 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed Pe-2R: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 416 casualties reported Guns lost 18 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 24 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 172 In China the last chinese unit in Yenen impaled itself against our defensive line and was destroyed by attrition latter on.. Yenen is fully operational again. Its HI and Resource centers (not producing anything so far with enemy LCU in the hex) are welcomed boost, but all planes had to be transfered to another training camp. I hope he will soon run out of combat squads. With AV 0 he can not order his units to attack then.. If not, I won´t be able to train my AF from the second half of 43´. An interesting situation.. A few units have been formed in Tokyo. 1 division is transported to Iwo Jima, 2 small mixed Bdes (99 AV each) are heading to Marcus. 1st Amphib bde arrived at Kwajalein. Another division is being loaded in Kagoshima and will go to India, as I have all units on front lines and no reserves availible there (Madras or Culcutta area). 51st mixed Bde is now marching to Tokyo and then will be transported to Pagan. I will get one more division in about 5 days. It will be either transported to Java where will be attached to 25t Army or to Darwin. I would like to have some kind of "counterforce" of 1000AV in Darwin, which could be thrown against any attempt to capture Thursday Is or Merauke.. Besides that - all quite.. [;)]

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/14/2008 12:09:52 AM)
"Adlertag" DAY 2 summary: The second day of operation "Adlertag" saw another japanese victory. The weather was good and 2nd Air Division managed to launch another formidable strike: 198 fighters and 290 bombers. All planes succesfully found their target and this time enemy CAP was significantly less numerous. Only 85 fighters raised to meet our imperial eagles.. They were outnumbered by better pilots and it could have only one result - no chance to stop aproaching bombers.. In another furious battle japanese fighters shot down 20 MiG-3, 24 LaGG-3, 8 Yak-1 and 1 I-16 (at a cost of 24 planes) before remaining russians break the contact and disappeared. Nearly 300 Ki-21 and Ki-49 then hit the last russian airfield very hard, destroying on the ground another 21 MiG-3, 7 LaGG-3, 26 I-16, 4 Yak-1 and 3 P-38G. Also the bomber units were hit: 39 Il-2, 16 SB-2, 5 Pe-2 and some recon planes were torched on the ground. Together with the disastrous bomber raid against Ulan-Ule, USSR lost 281 planes today.. [image]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/915/88185155wp5.png[/image] And here are the results once more (including results from air battle over Ulan-Ude): F1/Yamada (J2M Jack) lost 0 planes and 0 pilots. Shot down 1 enemy F2/Yamada (J2M Jack) lost 1 plane and 1 pilot. Shot down 12 enemies F1/Ominato (J2M Jack) lost 0 planes and 0 pilots. Shot down 4 enemies F2/Ominato (J2M Jack) lost 1 plane and 1 pilot. Shot down 12 enemies F3/Ominato (J2M Jack) lost 0 planes and 0 pilots. Shot down 17 enemies 63rd Sentai (Ki-43-II Oscar) lost 5 planes and 5 pilots. Shot down 3 enemies 65th Sentai (Ki-61 Tony) lost 2 planes and 2 pilots. Shot down 19 enemies 85th Sentai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 4 planes and 4 pilots. Shot down 4 enemies (this unit was set on 5k ft) 68th Sentai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 0 planes and 0 pilots. Shot down 15 enemies 203rd Sentai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 0 planes and 0 pilots. Shot down 9 enemies F2/24th Chutai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 3 planes and 3 pilots. Shot down 6 enemies F2/64th Chutai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 5 planes and 5 pilots. Shot down 6 enemies F2/54th Chutai (Ki-44-II Tojo) lost 1 plane and 1 pilot. Shot down 8 enemies F2/1st Daitai (A6M3 Zero) lost 1 plane and 1 pilot. Shot down 12 enemies

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/14/2008 3:07:27 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/20/43 Bad weather in USSR prevented another strike against Irkutsk. This is not good. It will costs me more pilots, as his fighters will get time to repair damaged aircraft. I would rather destroy them on the ground without risk to my precious fighter pilots. Now I will have to break them once more. But not today.. Meanwhile the 11000 AV juggernaut is aproaching Irkutsk. 2-3 more days.. Happy days of our submarines between Noumea and Brisbane continues as two more ships were hit today. And one AK, damaged yesterday, is confirmed sunk - with part of Americal division aboard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 50,114 Japanese Ships SS I-175, hits 5, on fire - sys 13, flt 61. out of torps now and heading to Rabaul. I think she might make it.. Allied Ships AK Empire Bruce, Torpedo hits 1 AK Red Jacket DD Litchfield Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 56,114 Japanese Ships SS I-35 - also out of torps now and heading to Rabaul to rearm. Allied Ships AP St. Mihel, Torpedo hits 1, on fire MSW Launceton DMS Wasmuth DD Tucker DD Preston Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported I have waited with despatching of new wolfpack of I-boats (3) from Rabaul too long so the number of operative I-boats between Noumea and Brisbane is slowly decreasing. My fault.. And I´m afraid that soon these waters will be swept by allied ASW. On the other side it is rare to spot allied sub so far. From time to time some are spotted, but they are usually only passing by, heading to somewhere.. There is one sub parked in Bombay harbor and another one in Truk harbor. It seems Panzerjaeger likes to place his subs exactly into to the harbors. It makes them safe from ASW, as I have never seen ASW TF to attack sub in harbor unless the ASW TF was attacked itself, but makes them vulnarable from air. I have moved some crack LBA to both places, so let´s see if I can get rid of them. I wonder what he is planning. Still thinking about his next move. Except the obvious possibilities (advance in India and/or Australia) he will probably try to pull something sneaky from his sleeve. But where? Gilberts/Marshall - unlikely. It requests strong CV tf to cover and he has none Solomons - he has no footstep there and making one requests strong CV tf to cover - and he has none. Wake/Marcus - the same. A lot of preinvasion "preparation" in needed and not enough CVs availible NG - Yes, this is a "weak spot". He could close all my AF around PM by his 4E from Australia, land at PM, Gili Gili and any of those 3 small islands near GG and unload enough men before my reaction force arrives. But PM and GG are well defended by 1 division each. What seems as a most dangerous for me now in this area, is his attack on Thursday Is and Merauke. These bases were not defended about week ago at all. No mines, no forts and only 1 SNLF. With these two bases in his hands he could threaten an enourmous number of bases with paras.. Java/Sumatra - yes, he could try to land here with troops from Perth, but I have subs and AVs on guard so I hope to spot any enemy TF in advance. And it should mean he would be forced to cancel such operation. Surprise would be 75% of success in such operation.. And I have 1 division and 1 brigade in Java. I don´t think he will try. Ceylon/India - the same with Java/Sumatra. He could land here, but there are nearly no ships in Karachi and so all such effort would have to come from Perth. And it is a loooong ways throught waters covered by subs and AV. All those glenn-equiped subs and AVs are worth of a few divisons in these areas. This is the least probable attack IMO. If he will try it and will avoid to be spotted, he will succeed, because I have nearly nothing in southern India. A few BF and 21st mixed Bde divided between Madras and Panaji (and these are still on the way). In about 1 month I will ship another division to India. I might place it to Madras to have at least some kind of reserve there, but currently I don´t think I will do it. The more probable I will send it to Delphi.. Kuriles - the shortest path to Japan. Paramushiro and Omnetokan are defended by Ind Bde each and another bde is on those 0/0 islands. Mines, Lvl 9 forts and mountain terrain in northern weather makes them really tough nut to crack. I feel safe here.. So, all in all my favourite is attack on Thursday and Merauke. It is nearest, easiest and most dangerous considering it opens so many future possibilities.. But what to do with it?

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/14/2008 4:50:07 PM)
BTW all those transports shifting units to Brisbane also leads me to believe the next attack will be towards Gili-Gili (or better towards those 3 islands: Kiriwina, Goodenough and "whateveritsnameis") or Thursday/Merauke. 1st.Amph HQ, Americal div, F4U Corsairs.. All these units are confirmed heading to Brisbane. If I were at his place I would go for Thursday Is and Merauke.. Anyone has another idea? Where else could he attack? Am I missing some danger? What would you do if you were in his shoes?

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/14/2008 10:11:05 PM)
The only "action" of the day is 3rd attack on Irkutsk airfield. USSR airforce is worn out but still has teeth.. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/21/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 23 J2M Jack x 117 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 68 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 32 Ki-21 Sally x 152 Ki-49 Helen x 135 Ki-46-III Dinah x 7 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 10 MiG-3 x 24 LaGG-3 x 38 Yak-1 x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 14 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 17 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 6 destroyed, 24 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 19 destroyed MiG-3: 15 destroyed LaGG-3: 15 destroyed, 9 damaged Yak-1: 5 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 40 destroyed SB-2: 23 destroyed Pe-2: 8 destroyed Li-2: 9 destroyed Pe-2R: 2 destroyed R-12: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 676 casualties reported Guns lost 17 Vehicles lost 4 Airbase hits 25 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 235 [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/7.jpg[/image] After this strike I consider operation "Adlertag" as finished. Another 250 planes was destroyed today, mostly on the ground. Irkuts is not 100% closed yet, but USSR airforce has been crippled and the last russian base doesn´t posses any threat anymore. It was costly but neccessary. 11000 AV should enter the base next day. Soon we will see what we are facing there. No sub attack today..[:(] Instead the hunter became hunted: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 58,114 Japanese Ships SS I-172 Allied Ships TK Gulfdawn TK Gulfbreeze TK Ardmore SC SC-751 SC SC-632 MSW Strive MSW Heed *My engineers just informed that N1K1 George has accelerated and plane is ready to enter serial production in 12/43! Banzai!*

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/16/2008 12:05:52 AM)
Well, so far no turn today, so I got some tine for anoteh "theatre summary". This time it is Northern area.. [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/8.jpg[/image] As you can see on the picture, the Petropavlosk and Kuriles chain are guarded by 4 Independent Bdes. I will add one or two more asap as I don´t like two bases are totaly unguarded and I don´t have any reserves.. The main base is Shikka with 3 AR ships, MLE, AS and 5th fleet HQ. The 5th fleet consist only from CL Jintsu and 6 DDs, but all of them are in Japan now. Mines and forts will help a lot in case of any enemy offensive, but my best friend here is the weather. In a few months the winter season will start and then it is really hard to land troops in some decent shape on the enemy base.. As I have posted already - I feel safe here..[;)]

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/18/2008 4:53:39 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/22/43 Golden times of our subs near Brisbane are over for now. Only 3 I-boats remains in the area now and only one convoy was spotted heading to Brisbane.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Brisbane at 46,114 Japanese Ships SS I-24, hits 15, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Austin DD Philip Allied ASW is deadly. This sub followed one of the Panzerjaegers convoys to Brisbane´s Harbor in hope of one more kill. Not a good idea.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And Irkustk is hit hard again. Another 130 planes is destroyed and Irkutsk is closed for now. But with about 60 enemy units it can be repaired really quickly.. Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 22 J2M Jack x 120 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 16 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 51 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 32 Ki-21 Sally x 140 Ki-49 Helen x 119 Ki-46-III Dinah x 6 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 7 MiG-3 x 14 LaGG-3 x 23 Yak-1 x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 9 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 20 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 10 destroyed MiG-3: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged LaGG-3: 10 destroyed, 4 damaged Yak-1: 3 destroyed SB-2: 12 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 19 destroyed Pe-2: 9 destroyed R-12: 3 destroyed Li-2: 4 destroyed Pe-2R: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 230 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 20 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 183 Russian fighters started to use very dangerous tactic again (I have already seen it during the air battles over Iman). With the help of radar, they bounce my fighters, but with a poor morale they bug out in a minute they start to be on receiving end. The results are, that russian fightesr inflict maximum damage and disappear before they are shot down themselves.. The oposition is not strong anymore so I have pulled out all fighters except J2M Jack. 5 daitai with 50% CAP will keep providing close escort to my bomber wings. My search planes spotted a few AKs near Luganville, so I have despatched the raiding force from Lunga. Unfortunately have been spotted (and attacked), so it is time to turn back. I´m sure there is nothing except PTs and mines now..-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 69,101 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 7 Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Mogami CL Yubari Solomons and NG will certainly see some action soon. Allies are gathering their forces in East Australia! Not many ships so far (only 50 ships apotted in Brisbane harbor), but the air balance numbers in Brisbane, Townsville, Charters Towers, Cairns and Cooktown are growing and are over 4000 for every base now! Today also more then 20 subs in 2 TF were spotted passing between Rabaul and Green Is towards east coast of Australia. I´m slowly reinforcing this area, scratching forces everywhere. Fortunately situation in USSR allowed me to pull out 36 Ki-44-II, 27 A6M3, 27 J2M and 36 G4M1. They will soon arrive at Truk. I have convinced myself that his main attack will come here. Gili-Gili area or Thursdays Is. As a responce I will move KB to Darwin or Rabaul. I´m still undecided.

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/18/2008 6:20:12 PM)
Another calm day.. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/23/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 90 Ki-21 Sally x 120 Ki-49 Helen x 109 Ki-46-III Dinah x 5 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 6 MiG-3 x 11 LaGG-3 x 19 Yak-1 x 3 Japanese aircraft losses J2M Jack: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 3 destroyed, 21 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 6 destroyed MiG-3: 9 destroyed LaGG-3: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged Yak-1: 2 destroyed SB-2: 12 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 7 destroyed Li-2: 1 destroyed Pe-2: 6 destroyed Allied ground losses: 301 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 95 Hmm.. Mo matter how badly damaged the runway is, russian fighters are always in the air.. Today they killed 4 of my crack pilots, but lost 20 of their numbers too (and 60 on the ground). And the army still not arrived in Irkutsk. Up to now they moved 1 hex per day, but now, when it is time to enter Irkuts, they are marchind only 25miles per day.. [:@] Besides the above bomber raid, nothing else happened. Oh, wait.. It is not true.. The IJN sortied! KB with heavy hitters Yamato and Musashi are heading to Darwin. I have still a few days to change mind and send them to Rabaul, but I think Darwin will serve well. I don´t think he would expect KB from THIS direction.. And KB is formidable force. 900 planes and another 150 can be placed on CVEs.. That makes about 1000-1050 planes in total. I´m short of escort DDs so I have to make some shifting all around the map. As escorts I will use mainly Mutsuki/Hatsuharu and Kamikaze class but have to gather about 12 of them yet..

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/18/2008 10:35:09 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/24/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 90 Ki-21 Sally x 118 Ki-49 Helen x 98 Ki-46-III Dinah x 7 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 4 MiG-3 x 6 LaGG-3 x 14 Yak-1 x 1 Japanese aircraft losses J2M Jack: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 22 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged MiG-3: 5 destroyed LaGG-3: 9 destroyed Yak-1: 2 destroyed Pe-2: 3 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 13 destroyed R-12: 2 destroyed SB-2: 8 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed Li-2: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 284 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 175 Another day over Irkutsk. And another 80 russian planes destroyed. And another 6 crack pilots lost. And again the airfield is operational. And will be operational tommorow too. Again.. [:(] BUT my army reached Irkutsk finaly. 9800 AV. And another 1500 AV is on the way yet. All units received orders to bombard enemy positions to cover the attack of our 12 eng regiments. Tommorrow we shall see what we are facing and if out combat engineers will be able to knock down the forts. Fingers crossed.. Meanwhile Panzerjaeger send 3 DDs out of Karachi and our Nells from Bombay attacked them: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 19,3 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 14 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 3 damaged Allied Ships DD Tenedos DD Fortune DD Stronghold 90xp pilots. All miss.. What´s wrong with them? And the same story in the afternoon: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 19,3 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 11 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vb: 9 damaged Allied Ships DD Stronghold DD Tenedos But this time some fighters from Karachi came to help and we lost 2 bombers. The remaining bombers missed.. A little revenge for our yesterdays sunken sub. I-172 put a fish into AP near Brisbane.. [:D] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 55,114 Japanese Ships SS I-172, hits 5 Allied Ships AP Largs Bay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Warramunga DD Arunta DD Voyager DD Ellet Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported And this what we expect from Panzejaeger. Time will show if we were right or wrong: [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/9.jpg[/image]

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/20/2008 11:51:16 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/25/43 Another AP is hit near Noumea.. [:)] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 67,110 Japanese Ships SS I-9 Allied Ships AP Hugh L. Scott, Torpedo hits 1 PG Yarra I-9 was already retreating to Lunga to refuel and rearm. This was an unexpected "goodbye gift". Irkutsk was hit and I hoped it could disrupt its defenders a bit.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 30 Ki-21 Sally x 119 Ki-49 Helen x 93 Ki-46-III Dinah x 5 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 3 MiG-3 x 2 LaGG-3 x 8 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 21 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 2 destroyed MiG-3: 2 destroyed LaGG-3: 7 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 6 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed SB-2: 5 destroyed Yak-1: 2 destroyed R-12: 1 destroyed Pe-2: 2 destroyed Li-2: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 81 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 130 10 russian fighters were shot down in air to air combat for no loss on my side. That was a nice surprise. And 30-40 other planes were torched on the ground. Soon the only purpose of these raids will be to keep russian engeneers busy with repairing airfield instead building new forts. After this raid the japanese combat engineers attacked in an attempt to break the first line of soviet fortification. 6500 guns tried to cover their advance, but were totaly toothless. On the other side the soviet artillery proved itself again as the most efficient on the battlefield. 12 Eng Rgts were shot to pieces BEFORE they even managed to launch their attack.. This is going to be looong and bloody siege.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 590539 troops, 6407 guns, 112 vehicles, Assault Value = 11510 Defending force 299923 troops, 3162 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 5510 Japanese max assault: 501 - adjusted assault: 3 Allied max defense: 5292 - adjusted defense: 10541 Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 8) Japanese ground losses: 12008 casualties reported Guns lost 259 Vehicles lost 5 Allied ground losses: 958 casualties reported Guns lost 2 As usual, when large stacks of LCU are involved the ground combat model goes crazy and the result is ridiculous. Next time I will have to send the whole army to pointless attack just to have a chance to lower the forts. The result will be, that I will loose 100k troops against maybe 3k enemies.[:(] I know this game was not supposed to model such a huge battles/campaigns, but still it drives me crazy. When I look at the ground combat replay, it seems that attacking unit is passing alongside the whole defensive line allowing every gun to shoot at them (bombard phase) at first and then those, who survived, impale themselves against the defenders lines (attack phase). I´m pulling those 12 Eng Rgts out of Irkutsk. 60 miles SE of the base I have 10 Army HQ units waiting and these will help to "repair" these decimated units (I have only total of 16 active squads in these units..). I will give them 2-3 weeks, move them back and then charge with the whole army. For the Emperor!!! Tommorrow russian artillery will hit our lines. 3-5k losses are expected every turn..[:@]

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/20/2008 1:49:40 PM)
In USSR I have made some chnges in my air forces. Not many fighters is needed anymore and they were relesed for other duties or send to training. 2nd Air Division based in Ulan-Ude now consist of: 6 sentai of Ki-21 Sally (180 planes) 6 sentai of Ki-49 Helen (180 planes) Navy Contingent based in Ulan-Ude now consist of: 5 daitai of J2M Jack (135 planes) 3 navy daitais are already resting and can be moved to a new station in a few days. And in a 1-2 weeks 2 sentai of Ki-43-II will join 2nd Air Division and the remaining fighters of Navy Contingent will be released from its duties in USSR too. In total I have (or will have) 135 crack navy fighters availible for redeployment. Still not 100% sure but I will probably send 2 daitais to Kwajalein and 3 daitais to Rabaul.

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/21/2008 11:26:52 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/26/43 Panzerjaeger has decided to sweep his shipping lines, between Noumea and Brisbane, with ASW finaly.. Too late IMO. No transports and only few subs remains there. New wolfpack of 3 I-boats just arrived so I will keep them out of harms way for a while.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 51,114 Japanese Ships SS I-172, hits 4 Allied Ships DD Walke DD Sims DD Meade DD Duncan DD Laffey I-172 had already sys 18 and after this attack it has 29. Back to Rabaul.. I have to keep Irkutsk suppressed for a very long time. And it will be expensive.. Every turn I´m loosing 6-8 bombers because of ops and AA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 39 Ki-21 Sally x 103 Ki-49 Helen x 92 Ki-46-III Dinah x 6 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 2 LaGG-3 x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 12 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses I-16 Type 24: 2 destroyed LaGG-3: 5 destroyed SB-2: 4 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 4 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed MiG-3: 2 destroyed Pe-2: 3 destroyed Li-2: 1 destroyed Pe-2R: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 147 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 63 Today another 45 planes was destroyed. 5 in the air, the rest of them on the ground.. And today we saw first clash of our artillery. And as predicted, the russian artillery had upper hand. No matter we have 6000 guns (including 240mm howitzers) against 3000 of his. Soviet 152mm howitzer rules while our guns are pathetic. Our own batteries are at least providing some counterbattery fire, so our losses are not so horrible. Only 2500 men and 113 guns.. [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/10.jpg[/image] The supply path to Irkusts is well secured on its flanks. All russian units off the base has been blocked. The spice must flow..! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 524197 troops, 6120 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 11504 Defending force 299507 troops, 3168 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 5519 Allied ground losses: 480 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 213426 troops, 2840 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5519 Defending force 591712 troops, 6423 guns, 397 vehicles, Assault Value = 11504 Japanese ground losses: 2470 casualties reported Guns lost 113 Vehicles lost 4 We will see such losses nearly every day now. I should better get used to it.. Fighting with russians defintively changes your mind about losses. [;)] Panzerjaeger is probably trying to kill my bombers from Bombay by using combination of picket ships and leaking CAP from Karachi. One day, it will work. But not today. Today poor british DD meets his destiny as not enough fighters arrived to protect it.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 20,3 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 9 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 2 Spitfire Vb x 2 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied Ships DD Rocket, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage - SINKS My recon planes reports that Brisbane is slowly filling with ships. 99 ships spotted today disbanded in the harbor and 3 other transport TFs anchored there. Also more fighters on the CAP. On the other side Townville/Cairns seems nearly empty. Just about 3-5 LCU, many bombers, but only a very few fighters on the CAP. And just a few ships in the port.. If he will launch any attack in this area, it will come from Brisbane. That is good. Once the harbor will be empty, I will know it has started and will have enough time to sortie KB to meet him..

Zond -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/21/2008 2:10:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jumper The spice must flow..! [:D] Nice touch! We are not asking... we are telling... remedy the situation or you will live out your life in a pain amplifier! [;)]

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/23/2008 2:37:38 PM)
Hi Zond, I wondered if I will "get" someone.. [;)] Unfortunately it seems it is me who is going to spend the rest of the game in pain amplifier.. Long awaited allied offensive is probably just about to start.. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/27/43 A few P-38 from Ahmadabad challenged our CAP over Bombay.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 21 J2M Jack x 21 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 23 Allied aircraft Barracuda x 1 P-38G Lightning x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed J2M Jack: 1 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 8 destroyed The kill ratio 2:1 is not bad considering 2 pilots were saved. I think these fighters were supposed to join some bigger bomber raid from Karachi, but Karachi was clauded.. So they arrived lonely and were quickly despatched. I have moved 2 Ki-61 sentais from Lahore to boost Bombay defence. 4E might come tommorrow.. And this it.. The largest allied bomber raid of the war. Panzerjaeger decided it is time to close PM. A few days ago I was considering to move IJAAF to PM, but now I have decided it wouldn´t be a smart move.. [;)] The truth is that I have build up PM just to force allies to divert resources to keep it suppressed. And the same with Gili Gili. I think it will be bombed tommorrow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Liberator VI x 15 P-38G Lightning x 24 B-17E Fortress x 167 LB-30 Liberator x 39 PB4Y Liberator x 56 B-24D Liberator x 450 Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Liberator VI: 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged B-24D Liberator: 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 215 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase hits 77 Airbase supply hits 29 Runway hits 959 It is safe to say, Port Moresby is out of bussines.. I have lost about 1000 supplies. Still more than 50k left. But I wonder how many supplies they burned on allied side? And Irkuts get its portion too.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 31 Ki-21 Sally x 72 Ki-49 Helen x 78 Ki-46-III Dinah x 6 Allied aircraft I-16 Type 24 x 1 LaGG-3 x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 26 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses LaGG-3: 1 destroyed Pe-2: 1 destroyed SB-2: 3 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed Li-2: 1 destroyed Yak-1: 1 destroyed Pe-2R: 1 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed MiG-3: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 123 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 90 AA is still deadly, even at 15k feets.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 521188 troops, 5983 guns, 100 vehicles, Assault Value = 11843 Defending force 299124 troops, 3177 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 5524 Allied ground losses: 631 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 213500 troops, 2851 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5523 Defending force 573355 troops, 6553 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 11843 Japanese ground losses: 1404 casualties reported Guns lost 42 Vehicles lost 1 And soviet artillery has still upper hand..

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/23/2008 2:49:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/28/43 The bomber raid on Bombay came, but in a different way than was expected. At night! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Wellington III x 6 Liberator VI x 40 Beaufighter VIC x 4 Japanese aircraft losses H8K Emily: 1 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed J2M Jack: 1 destroyed A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 9 About 10 planes was toched on the ground and many many more was damaged. How can I fight against such raids? I can´t.. [:(] I have only 3 night fighter sentais on the whole map and 2 are still training in China (xp only 50). 4 AA rgts but the result is discouraging not a single plane damaged. And 4E came at 6000ft again. I forgot to tell PH about it before. And forgot now again.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 523825 troops, 6098 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 11801 Defending force 298525 troops, 3180 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 5521 Allied ground losses: 587 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Our artillery is not doing a good job here.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 213417 troops, 2848 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5514 Defending force 571990 troops, 6515 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 11801 Japanese ground losses: 4374 casualties reported Guns lost 49 Soviet artillery is doing an excellent job here.. No attack o Gili Gili today despite the weather is fine. Panzerjaeger probaly want to see what will be my reaction. It is simple. None. He can "close" whatever he wants and there is nothing I can do about it. So I´m not going to try it. With PM and GG closed, his way to Thursday Is would be well secured against my LBA. Only KB can threathen him now.. And LBA from Lae and Siador..

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/23/2008 3:01:16 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/29/43 I have moved some subs to Panzerjaegers shipping lines again, but found only hunters. The skipper of I-169 is highly experienced and those allied scums had no chance.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 59,114 Japanese Ships SS I-169 Allied Ships MSW Toowoomba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage - SINKS! MSW Goulburn MSW Warrnambool MSW Junee MSW Horsham MSW Geelong MSW Cessnock MSW Castlemaine MSW Bundaberg MSW Arnidale DMS Elliot DD Lardner And again! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 59,114 Japanese Ships SS I-169, hits 2, on fire Allied Ships MSW Castlemaine, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage - SINKS! MSW Goulburn MSW Warrnambool MSW Junee MSW Horsham MSW Geelong MSW Cessnock MSW Bundaberg MSW Arnidale DMS Elliot DD Lardner But this time the I-boat was damaged. Sys 23 and heading back to Rabaul.. And here it comes.. Attack on Gili Gili as expected: [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/11.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PBM Mariner x 17 Liberator VI x 25 B-17E Fortress x 144 LB-30 Liberator x 35 PB4Y Liberator x 69 B-24D Liberator x 388 Japanese aircraft losses H8K Emily: 2 destroyed E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Japanese ground losses: 156 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 61 Airbase supply hits 21 Runway hits 635 Gili Gili is now closed too.. So where will he go? Thursday Is or 3 "Gili Gili" islands? I still think it will be Thursday Is.. My recon planes report 150 ships in Brisbane and 50 units now! Another day over Irkutsk: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 39 Ki-21 Sally x 157 Ki-49 Helen x 136 Ki-46-III Dinah x 7 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 22 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed SB-2: 1 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed Pe-2: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 300 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Vehicles lost 2 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 78 Several planes lost to AA again, but at least no soviet fighters are in the air anymore. Our artillerists are still exchanging blows while the army waiting on 12 Eng rgts resting outside the base. One more week yet. At least.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 521572 troops, 5996 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 11376 Defending force 297836 troops, 3173 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 5521 Allied ground losses: 678 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 213390 troops, 2846 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5518 Defending force 551796 troops, 6356 guns, 407 vehicles, Assault Value = 11376 Japanese ground losses: 1252 casualties reported Guns lost 29

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/23/2008 7:31:58 PM)
Surprisingly calm day.. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/30/43 Near Brisbane our Glann carrying sub was attacked. Fortunately she escaped without a scratch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 58,113 Japanese Ships SS I-15 Allied Ships DD Pakenham DD Nizam DD Vendetta DD Vampire This boat, with another 2 subs, is monitoring transports in and near Brisbanes harbor. More transport TF is formed, some LCU disappeared.. Invasion convoys? Has it already begun? I would like to have a few more days. First CVs arrived in Darwin today, but it will take another 2 days until the fleet will be formed and ready to go.. And I don´t have enough fuel there. TKs are already on the way with 100k of fuel, but are still 10 day away. Only 30k fuel is in Darwin. It is hardly enough to refuel all ships. Also replenisment TF is on the way, but it hasn´t pass Amboina yet. Bad weather prevented any air strike, but guns are still firing.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 520259 troops, 5964 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 11327 Defending force 299013 troops, 3181 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 5519 Allied ground losses: 428 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 213469 troops, 2856 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5517 Defending force 550468 troops, 6323 guns, 408 vehicles, Assault Value = 11327 Japanese ground losses: 1227 casualties reported Guns lost 36 I have a BIG problem in USSR. 5 soviet LCU was blocked in woods soth of Chita. They were sitting there together with Kwantung Defence Bde and I was sure they can not move as there is no friendly base they could use as a destination. It seems I was wrong and today 3 units jump from the woods and cut the railroad. Now Chita is in danger. Soviet rifle division is at the gates and I have only aviation rgt there. And no forts. Transport planes immedietly formed the air bridge from Tsisihar and 1st Parachude Rgt will fly in. 2nd Parachute Rgt will arrive from the woods in 2-3 days. Other enemy units are heading to all directions. They are probably out of supply and therfore they can´t threaten any base which is defended (and has supplies), but they will change the ZOCs.. PITA. Fortunately 2 divisions, 1 mixed bde and 1 garrison unit are only a few days away. It is time to clean the house! [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/12.jpg[/image]

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/23/2008 9:13:18 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/01/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 56,114 Japanese Ships SS I-177, hits 8, on fire Allied Ships DD Lang DD Cummings DD Sterett DD Stack DD Maury Between Brisbane and Noumea. Torps hit DD Lang but failed to detonate. Also some CVs were spotted in this TF. They are all heading to Brisbane. I-177 is moderately damaged and is heading to Rabaul.. Same old story in Irkutsk.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 39 Ki-21 Sally x 188 Ki-49 Helen x 151 Ki-46-III Dinah x 7 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses IL-2 Shturmovik: 3 destroyed Pe-2: 1 destroyed MiG-3: 1 destroyed Li-2: 1 destroyed SB-2: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 236 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 519254 troops, 5943 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 11280 Defending force 298373 troops, 3179 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 5522 Allied ground losses: 536 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 213418 troops, 2855 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5519 Defending force 549491 troops, 6303 guns, 408 vehicles, Assault Value = 11280 Japanese ground losses: 798 casualties reported Guns lost 21 This time the artillery fire was less deadly. Lucky dice roll or is he running out of steam? More warships arrived in Darwin. And minelaying TF is heading to Thursday Is. It will place 1500 mines there .. No recon flights today and I don´t know if the transports left Brisbane or not. I´m blind.. [:(] Tommorrow the rest of the fleet will arrive in Darwin. I will form them into 3 divisions and send them to Thursday Is asap. I will rather be there too early then too late. I hope I guessed right. If he will attack elsewhere, he will get me with pants down.. And KB will be at a very bad and stupid position.. We shall see and I think we shall see soon. Every turn I expect his transposrts pop up anywhere on the map.

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/24/2008 12:56:03 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/02/43 YESSS! And where it is? Between Brisbane and Noumea..[;)] Unfortunately the ship was empty, but nevermind.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 57,114 Japanese Ships SS I-174, hits 3 Allied Ships AP Harris, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP Henderson AP Arthur Middleton AP Fuller SC SC-702 SC SC-699 DD Caldwell DD Bancroft FLAK is still deadly above Irkutsk: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 24 Ki-21 Sally x 175 Ki-49 Helen x 141 Ki-46-III Dinah x 5 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed MiG-3: 1 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed I-16 Type 24: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 164 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 541523 troops, 6204 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 11576 Defending force 298048 troops, 3180 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 5526 Allied ground losses: 411 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irkutsk Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 213534 troops, 2857 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5524 Defending force 565020 troops, 6506 guns, 406 vehicles, Assault Value = 11576 Japanese ground losses: 917 casualties reported Guns lost 9 But the guns are not so dangerous. Such losses are acceptable. Today mighty KB left Darwin formed in 4 divisions and close escort TF: 1st division: CV Shokaku, Soryu, CVL Shoho, CVE Shinyo, BB Kongo, CA Takao, CL Oyodo+6DD (193 planes) 2nd division: CV Zuikaku, Hiryu, CVL Zuiho, CVE Taiyo, BB Haruna, CA Atago, CL Agano+6DD (192 planes) 3rd division: CV Akagi, Hiyo, CVL Ryuho, CVE Chuyo, BB Hiei, CL Sendai+6DD (188 planes) 4th division: CV Kaga, Junyo, CVL Ryujo, CVE Unyo, CA Maya, CL Naka+6DD (203 planes) Close escort: BB Yamato, Musashi, CA Kinugasa, Kako, CL Tama+11DD [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/13.jpg[/image] I should wait on replenishment TF, but I don´t want to wait anymore. Something disappeared from Brisbane and I don´t know where it is or where it is heading. I will rather be on guard. I have 5th divison of KB "in reserve" in Hiroshima. CV Taiho, Unryu and Amagi. Their air groups arrived with poor xp and are still in training. If I have misscalcuted and he is coming from the north, I have at least something on hand..

pauk -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/24/2008 9:15:02 AM)
Just want to drop message. I really really like your AAR format[:)]. Regarding Soviets: I'm not sure that he will have enough supplies for all those troops there, since you captured almost all bases with the resources. Is there any chance that he might transfer Lightings to Russia? I saw P-38 there... And it would be nice to see your production, resources and oil available, etc...[:)]

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/24/2008 3:42:33 PM)
Hi Pauk, thanks for droping a line. It is fine to see someones is reading.. [;)] And I´m glad you like it. I have enjoyed yors AAR a lot (and borrowed a few things from it)! In USSR I don´t know.. Irkuts is generating 2000 per day and I´m afraid it will be enough to keep his army in good shape. But I´m optimistic. If I will have enough time, I will break him. He has Lvl 8 forts there but that is all he has. Once they are down there are no other defence bonuses. With superior numbers I should be able to get 2:1.. Other question is: Should I do it? Should I really kick russians out of war totally? I still have to think about it and discuss it with PH.. I think he could get P-38 to Irkutsk from Karachi or Attu. At least before the air offensive started and the base was closed there was 150 P-38 and 200 B-24 and the second day there were no B-24 and only half of P-38. He had to get them away somehow and I think if he get them out he can get them in. I will post my industry status soon. I planned to do it, but forgot.. And I have a troubles in India!

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/24/2008 4:08:31 PM)
An interesting turn.. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/03/43 First time in the action.. My night fighters proved themselves as totaly useless. I have trained them to 90xp! Results? Pathetic.. The only plane was shot down by AA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Ahmadabad , at 24,8 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13 Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIC x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIC: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10 Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 9 Liberator VI x 35 B-24D Liberator x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed J2M Jack: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 1 damaged Liberator VI: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Runway hits 6 While watching the replay I just saw endless sream on "fighters climbing" and "fighters climbing" until "fighters just passed the Moon and are headind towards Venus - Air combat over"..[:@] And this the most disturbing! Some allied ships pop up in Panaji. MSW cleared the minefield and a small company landed. And only 3 G3M from Bombay attacked them (27 availible..) and missed.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Panaji at 17,14 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 4 G3M Nell x 3 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 15 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MSW Rampur -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1059 troops unloading over beach at Panaji, 17,14 Allied Ships MSW Rampur Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported It seems it is only a small riding force. I have one regiment from 21st Mixed Bde just a few days away, but they are not going to help me now. Panaji is empty! And if he get it he will start the air bridge from Karachi (some planes have certainly the range..) and it will be a nightmare to get them out of there. I have to do my best to prevent it otherwise I will face unpleasant consequences. So I have sent two surface TF to sink all ships in Panaji and bombard enemy troops. I have moved all availible transport planes (60 Ki-57 Topsy and 17 L3Y Tina) to Ahamadabad and will try to air lift there as much of 18th/A Div as possible. Ki-21 and Ki-49 from Madras and Hyderbad will attack enemy troops. That is all I can do. Hopefully it will be enough and the first attack will be repulsed. [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/14.jpg[/image] In NG some subs appeared in Thursday Is and Transport TF was spotted in Cairns. KB should arrive at its place in 3-4 days.. In USSR the usual raid on Irkutsk. I´m trying to bomb from 20k feet. Losses to AA are the same as from 10k but hit rate is much worse.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 12 Ki-21 Sally x 108 Ki-49 Helen x 87 Ki-46-III Dinah x 6 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Runway hits 18 And at last, some lost and forgetten chinese unit arrived from the woods and took Tabur-Nun where were only 2 road const battalions doing nothing. They should be building forts there but it seems I have forgetten to tell them so.. I have 1 divison near and it will tak care of it. Another PITA.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tabun-Nur Allied Shock attack Attacking force 7513 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 284 Defending force 1227 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13 Allied max assault: 418 - adjusted assault: 23 Japanese max defense: 9 - adjusted defense: 10 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Tabun-Nur base !!! Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/24/2008 9:08:59 PM)
I don´t know if this turn was good or bad for the Empire. Well, lets say it could be better.. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/04/43 First the bad news. My minelaying TF heading to Thursday Is got it hard. They discovered, that those subs spotted in the harbor in previous days were laying mines: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 68 encounters mine field at Thursday Island (49,90) Japanese Ships ML Nuwashima, Mine hits 3, on fire, heavy damage ML Niizaki, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ML Hoko, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ML Nuwashima sunk immedietly and two other are crippled (will go down next day) What is worse, the TF didn´t finish their task and didn´t laid a single mine, so Thursday Is is now defended only by american mines. Tell me about irony.. Also it opens interesting thoughts. Would he mined the base he is going to invade??? And the bad news are not over yet. Those waters are full of US subs! Retreating TF was attacked 3 times and another 2 ships were sunk. It makes 5 precious minelayers lost..[:(][:@] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 47,89 Japanese Ships ML Saishu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ML Takashima ML Ishizaki ML Hirashima ML Ukishima ML Kyosai Allied Ships SS Guardfish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 47,88 Japanese Ships ML Ishizaki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage ML Saishu, on fire, heavy damage ML Takashima ML Hirashima Allied Ships SS S-44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 47,88 Japanese Ships ML Ukishima ML Saishu, on fire, heavy damage ML Takashima ML Hirashima ML Kyosai Allied Ships SS Amberjack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 47,88 Japanese Ships ML Saishu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Amberjack KB should enter these infested waters tommorrow and I´m afraid the surprise effect will be lost. I don´t know how could I get my ships through without being spotted. And that is the reason for so many subs there IMO. So he is guarding his flank and it means he IS planning something. Well, knowledge of KB position should scratch his planes.. [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/15.jpg[/image] Good news are from India. His invasion of Panaji failed. My surface fleet sunk AK unloading parts of Chindit Bde and some barges. Meanwhile the transport planes brought enough men from 18th Division so the attack was repulsed! And the most important: Imperial torpedo bombers got british BB! BB Resolution was spotted west of Bombay and 7 Nells attacked her in the afternoon. Fortunately the first attacking plane hit her hard and old warship from then figured as magnet for remaining torpedos released by elite crews.. The ship was hit by 4 torps and heavily damaged. The last crew reports her as listing. The ship was carrying some troops aboard and I suppose those were reinforcements for Panaji. They will not get there.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 15,10 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 4 G3M Nell x 7 Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 19 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied Ships BB Resolution, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 95 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Panaji at 17,14 Japanese Ships CL Kinu DD Shirakumo DD Minekaze DD Sawakaze DD Okikaze DD Akikaze DD Yakaze DD Yukaze DD Hokaze DD Tachikaze DD Nokaze DD Namikaze Allied Ships AK Empire Rosalind, Shell hits 58, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 609 casualties reported Guns lost 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Panaji at 17,14 Japanese Ships CL Kinu DD Shirakumo DD Minekaze DD Sawakaze DD Okikaze DD Akikaze DD Yakaze DD Yukaze DD Hokaze DD Tachikaze DD Nokaze DD Namikaze Allied Ships LCT LCT-357, Shell hits 10, and is sunk LCVP 532F, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LCVP 532G, Shell hits 1, and is sunk LCVP 532H, Shell hits 1, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Panaji, at 17,14 Japanese Ships DD Namikaze DD Nokaze DD Tachikaze DD Hokaze DD Yukaze DD Yakaze DD Akikaze DD Okikaze DD Sawakaze DD Minekaze DD Shirakumo CL Kinu Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Panaji Allied Shock attack Attacking force 672 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46 Defending force 1155 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32 Allied max assault: 18 - adjusted assault: 2 Japanese max defense: 26 - adjusted defense: 25 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Bomber raids on Irkutsk are now routine: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Irkutsk , at 59,6 Japanese aircraft J2M Jack x 38 Ki-21 Sally x 186 Ki-49 Helen x 148 Ki-46-III Dinah x 7 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 12 damaged Allied aircraft losses SB-2: 2 destroyed P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed MiG-3: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 142 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 72 Besides that I´m still trying to clean the mess south of Chita. 5-6 units are marching in all directions changing ZOCs. 2 has entered Chita, but I have 2 para Rgts there and will get a divison there tommorrow. Other unit was blocket by 17th Mixed Bde on its way to Rukhlovo and the last unit entered Borzya, where I have only IJA BF.

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/24/2008 10:43:53 PM)
And here comes the industry summary: [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/prumysl.jpg[/image] My economic situation is very good. I have enough oil and resources to feed my hungry industry now. I had problem only with HI output, because for a long time I had no surplus and I was balancing with 100k in pool. It was solved by conquering the USSR and from that time the HI reserves are growing. I have to enjoy that while I can, because sooner or later the India will be lost and I will loose 2640 Res, 772 HI and 75 Oil with it. I will really miss especially that HI output. Captured soviet bases are giving me 1200 Res, 630 HI and 400 Oil so it is not adequate compensation. I should expand merchant yards as 1000 points is not enough to build all ships, but I have decided not to. On the other side I have surplus of Naval yards. CV Shinano is stopped together with some RO subs. Accelerated are CVL Chiyoda, Chitose (85 and 89 days remaining) and CV Katsuragi (210 days remaining) so I should have 2 more CVL in 45 days and CV in 105 days. I have enough planes in the pool of every model, so 90% of my aircraft factories are stopped. I don´t plan any changes soon. It is modeled well and new planes and following autoupgrades are already considered and implemented. I think I don´t have to touch it for at least one year. I´m building pools of aircraft engines and soon I could stop motor factories too as I have enough of them. Vehicles and Armament factories and pools - I have to say I don´t know. I will have to check some AAR from 45 to see how many vehicle and armament points was spent during the whole war to see how am I standing now..

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/24/2008 10:46:08 PM)
And if anyone is interested here are the aircraft losses so far: [image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/japztraty.jpg[/image]

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/24/2008 10:47:13 PM)
[image]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj119/xcincila/spojztraty.jpg[/image]

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/25/2008 10:39:57 AM)
I have just quickly run the replay in the morning to see what happened and I´m not happy about that. There is much more subs then I could imagine near Thursday Is and they start attacking KB. One CVE was hit by a torp (sys about 25), but the most important thing is, that KB was spotted. Not only by subs, but also by several 4E. He has hundreds of them and probably put them all on naval search. Several ships were identified (including Shokaku and other CV), so I think it is safe to say he knows about KB position very well. I have spotted something like 25 subs (maybe more) this turn in KB vicinity. There are hexes with 6+ subs!!! Tommorrow I will put all Vals and Kates at 80% naval search in an attempt to force his subs to withdraw. With hundreds of crack Vals and Kates I should be able to achieve some good hits. The sub concentration should help too. There is so many of them, that I could walk from NG to Australia without touching a water. It looks like some damned whale migration [:D] I have send 2 heavily damaged ML back to Thursday Is to lay mines befote they go down. One of them hit mine again and succumbed immedietly, but the second one managed to lay 120 mines. And it went down then too.. The question of the day is: will he continue with whatever he is planning despite the fact the KB is behind the corner? I doubt so.. But he could do following. He has probably dozens of DD and CL availible, so he can load 2-3 brigades on them and sent them by fast transport to Thursday Is (yes, I still think he is going for this base and no other). I have only 1 SNLF and no forts there, so no chance to hold the base. I should send the surface TF there but with so many mines there I don´t know if it is good idea. But there is no other possibility how to defend the base. The only thing staying between him and the base is the fleet.. Btw his Panaji adventure seems to be over as all spotted ships are heading back to Karachi. Bombay was clauded so no more attacks, but poor chindits were left to their destiny. 21st/A mixed bde will arrive in Panaji soon and 21st/B mixed bde is now heading to Trivandrum (or whatever the name is) as I don´t want to get him another chance. 23 mixed bde is going to Madras and will be either kept there as reserve or shipped to Ceylon. I will post more upon my return home.. My employer doesn´t understand the neccessity of relax by playing witp at work.. [;)]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/25/2008 11:19:56 AM)
Hi Jumper! Nice AAR indeed. Really like the way it's done. I'd be very cautious with all those subs near the KB...a single lucky hit could ruin the whole war... Keep it up!

jumper -> RE: Rising Sun or Sunset? - Jumper vs Panzerjaeger Hortlund (3/25/2008 11:52:51 AM)
Hi General! Thank you and welcome! I was following your AAR too and enjoyed it much. Good luck in your game! I´m well aware of the danger those subs posses, but I´m afraid I have no other choice. PH has chosen this battleground carefully because this is the only only place where he can advance in cover of his LBA. At least that is what I would do and frankly said that is what I have done. I have other game running (which I took over) where I´m allies at similar date and nearly identical condition and I made exactly what I expect from him to do now to me.. I just didn´t used those subs because I knew KB is in Truk (I was wrong as it was in Rabaul). This is IMO the best place for him now. Gili Gili and Port Moresby is closed, so I can use only planes from Siador and Lae. But these would attack his ships AFTER they would arrive at Thursday Is. And that is too late. If he loose ships and take the base, it is his victory. KB is the only chance to stop his fleet BEFORE it arrives and unloads enough men. I have to risk it even at the cost od some lucky fish hit my CV as I can´t afford to allow him to drop paras deep in my rear now and I think he likes such tactic very much. The dark side is that he can wait until I will be forced to retreat back to Darwin. I can not have KB there forever and he knows it. Now I hope I will kill his subs. I should take a significant toll on them as there is so many of them exposed to the best pilots in the empire! At this stage my daddy is still stronger then his.. [;)] But you are right. Sooner or later a lucky hit will ruin my day and maybe the whole war. I have to consider fortifying Thursday Is seriously. One divison and some forts could make miracles, but I don´t know if would be able to supply them. They can be bombed to stoneage from Australia easily. And I don´t think I will have time to do it. I expect fast transport every day. With a bit of luck he could hit his own mines. It would be a real pleasure. I would put such replay aside and run it every time I would be sad. [:D]

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