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vettim89 -> Disaster averted (12/22/2008 7:06:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants If you have the time, I would start to load AKs the day after you have started the AP loading. Don't want the AI to get confused!!惽:D] I add the AKs to the other TF once they are fully loaded. If you can keep Tarawa's AF knocked out, you could invade with just LRCAP over your transports. I think the problem was I had less than a 5 to 1 AP/AK ratio. Where I should have had five AP and one AK, I had five AP and two AK. guess I thought if a little was good, more would be better. Guess I thought wrong. As the the LRCAP thing, I considered it but as I would be very heavily relying on Abemama for that operation, one bad day of thunderstorms could spell disaster. I think I better do this under CV cover for safety sake. 30 May 1943 Everything but the AK's has about finshed unloading at Abemama. Larry snuck a sub in and torpedoes an AK which will likely sink. ASW forces punished this invader approriately but did not sink her. ANother ASW TF found I-30 south of Abemama and did sink her. Almost hit "End Orders" when an icon caught my eye. Bangkok once again has a/c at it. In fact intel says there are 180 fighters there. I almost sent a ful raid of Liberators and B-24's in unescorted. Instead this planes will hit Vicoria Point where strike aircraft flew from last turn and sank two MSW at Tavoy. Av support is in place at Tavoy and about 80 Spits and Hurricanes are in place. As to Bangkok, this will be an even easier nut to crack this time with Tavoy in my hands. Last time I had to rely soley on P-38's ot of Rangoon. Now the UK fighters can assist the Op. Need to move and rest some units up but will probably start Operation Will He Never Learn in two days

vettim89 -> RE: Disaster averted (12/23/2008 4:57:28 AM)
30-31 May 1943 (I messed up my dates) Well this is why trying the invasion of Tarawa with just LBA LRCAP is a bad idea. Larry was able to fly several strike missions into Rangoon and torpedo BB Ramiles in the AM turn on the 30th. She will survive but will probably be out of the war for a year. Weather socked in all my fighters at Rangoon, Moulmein, and Ramree Island durin the AM turn. That is why I don't want to do the Tarwa invasion without the Carriers. My ASW forces sink another sub at Abemama. Larry has now lost one Ro class and two I class subs trying to interfere here. Transports are slowing making their way back to Samoa. Once back there I will begin organizing for Operation Happy - the invasion of Tarawa. Abemama will go to a level 2 AB next turn. I have two more squadrons of F4U-1 waiting to transfer in. When it goes to level 3 I will move in SBD's which will pummel the port along with 4e from Nukefutau and B-25's from Nanumea. The first Marine division is sitting at Kormac 100% prepped for Nauru Is (sp?). I will move a NZ Brigade or two up to take its place then move this unit up to Lunga. It will jump off from there to Nauru once Tarawa is occupied. CVL Cowpens is two days out of Pago Pago. CV Yorktown has completed her April Upgrade and is at 8 SYST damage. CV Enterprise dropped to 18 SYST but is stuck there. I have two groups of DD's needing upgrades inbound to PH. They will escort The Big E to SF to finish repairing and upgrade at WC ports themselves. I am really curious as to what the troop strength is at Wake. Unfortunately in Big B I do not have a singel aircraft capable of reconning the base from Midway. Building up my fighter strength to start Operation Will He Ever Learn in a few days. I plan to commit about 200 UK fighters and 140 P-38G's to thsi op. My groups are all well experienced so I am hoping this plus overwhelming numbers will quickly elminate the fighter strength at Bangkok

vettim89 -> RE: Disaster averted (12/26/2008 2:14:00 AM)
1-4 June 1943 Things slow over the last week of the war. I continue to pound Tarawa's port in anticipation of invasion in within the next two weeks. Lots of Japanese sub activities in the area but they have hit a grand total of one AK which will be saved in exchange for three subs lost. Yorktown seems to be stuck at 8 syst dam. Probably will drop 2 points in one day soon which seems to be a recurrent pattern for me - no change for a week or more than drop 3 or 4 points in two days. CVL Cowpens is at Pago Pago repping up her freshly upgraded F6F sq. I keep forgetting the CVL's arrive with F4f's and need upgrading before departing Panama. No biggie Units are almost in position for Operation Will He Ever Learn. There are 192 RAF fighters at Tavoy, another 70 at Moulmein, and 144 at Rangoon. Cursor intel says 225 fighters at Bangkok so it will be bloody. My hope is my superior EXP will carry the day as all my units have been in the thick of it for over a year. The IJA cleared my one unit off the trail from Sian to Honan. They then tried a deliberate attack on the 4th that was disasterous. Base AV is 2 to 3 in my favor behind level 9 forts. I have to wonder if this was just a probing attack to see how stout my defenses were. [image]local://upfiles/25806/F8CBB601B6BF4C03ACE84929A91F775C.jpg[/image]

vettim89 -> Stage One - Operation WHEEL (12/26/2008 2:40:22 PM)
5 June 1943 Units are in place for Operation WHEEL (Will He Ever Learn). 192 RAF fighters will sweep Bangkok today. Depending on the results of this mission, I will send in 300 bombers from Rangoon tomorrow (1/2 B-25, 1/2 Liberators). This one will probably cost me a lot as fighter strength at Bangkok is now 248. Still Larry's refusal to engage me in a long term battle of attrition on the map forces me to engage him where I can. I will hand it to Larry. He has the ability to force my hand and then get out when things turn against him very quickly. So many times I just want to send him a PM saying, "Stand still, Larry, so I can hit you!" Checked the ships sunk screen today. US modern subs have sank 47 Japanese ships since the first of the year including BB Nagato. Up unitl 1 January 1943, I had sunk one TK. Now that number is more than a dozen. Lift has got to be becoming an issue for Larry as I also sank over 40 ships at Bangkok

FOW -> RE: Stage One - Operation WHEEL (12/27/2008 2:19:41 PM)
Sealift will only become a problem once you sink 200+ AP/AK (IMO). Tankers are a much more fragile commodity - sink 50+ of these and it will really hurt oil shipments.

vettim89 -> RE: Stage One - Operation WHEEL (12/27/2008 2:41:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FOW Sealift will only become a problem once you sink 200+ AP/AK (IMO). Tankers are a much more fragile commodity - sink 50+ of these and it will really hurt oil shipments. I will have to check those numbers but I know he lost over 30 AP around Bangkok. Will have to make TK a priority - oops, come to think of it, they already are. 6-7 June 1943 I am posting from work so no screenies but I do have some nice ones. Weather delayed Operation Whe(e)l by one day. It was a bloody day. Air losses were high on both sides but the Allies came out on top by a score of about 80 to 60. Bangkok is now empty again as I am sure Larry could see I only committed the RAF and the heavies were coming. They are being sent today any way. I am going to shut the AB down again and then dedicate the 2e to keeping it closed and the 4e to finishing off the HI and resources there. Larry moved his carriers to just west of Tarawa and launched on the last TF unloading at Abemama. The F4U first wiped out a small strike of Kates (11 killed out of 11 sent). Then the big strike came in. A massive air battle ensued that was highly effective as far as shredding the strike but there were just too many bombers. Japanese losses were 27 A6M3a, 22 Kate, and 17 Val offset by 3 F4U lost. I lost two DD's and will likely lose two more plus two or three AK's. I am sprinting my CV's north to three hexes south of the current Japanese position. Unsure what I am facing here but the strikes were a combined total of 54 A6M3a, 74 Val, and 35 Kate. Thinking at least two CV's and a CVL. Cursor intel is no help. Still, the CAP has to be seriously depleted here as FOW reported all 54 A6M3a destroyed in the raid - a/c loss screen says 27 so that means there are a lot of damaged airframes. I will oppose him with two CV's and 3 CVL's. CVL Cowpens is on its way to Nanumea but is still several days out. I left the TF with the damaged ships at Abemama. I am hoping this will distract at lesat some of the Japanese CV's. Should be a big battle next turn.

vettim89 -> Battle of Makin Island (12/28/2008 12:41:06 AM)
8 June 1943 Our CV's met just west of Makin Island and luck was not with me today. Two strikes were launched against the Japanese CV's. The first scored no hits and the second scored only 3 bomb and one TT hit on Akagi and 3 bomb hits on Zuiho. Akagi's atttack gave me a magazine explosion critical damage read but who knows with FOW. Counter strike by the Japanese trashed CV Essex (84 syst, 74 flood, 47 fire) she's a goner. CVL Princeton was also hit hard. Of course the prelude to all this was two bombardments of Abemama leaving that base trashed and almost devoid of functional a/c. I am pulling everything back and leaving Essex as bait (well not really leaving her behind as I have no choice). Airframe losses were bad on both sides so my only hope is that Larry's carriers have shot their bolt. There is a TF NE of Tarawa with transports. I figure this may be an invasion TF for Abemama as the bombardment attacks mean an imminent invasion per our HR. I still have Wasp and two undamged CVL's heading south plus CVL Cowpens racing north. If I can get my carriers back to Nanumea, I should be able to to get things in order to counter the invasion. [image]local://upfiles/25806/8660C518776F497CA55CC0C87FC7E629.jpg[/image]

vettim89 -> RE: Battle of Makin Island (12/28/2008 12:41:46 AM)
current situation [image]local://upfiles/25806/4B5A47E70D4047C58F9C4E604E0B9430.jpg[/image]

vettim89 -> Deju Vu All Over Again (12/28/2008 2:58:28 AM)
9 June 1943 In PH, Adm. Nimitz breaths a sigh of relief as the Japanese TF's all run away. Now I am almost in the same exact position I was four months ago except now I am trying to save Essex vice Hornet. The difference is that this time I own the battlefield. Other than subs, there is no real threat to further damage to Essex. So now its just a race against progressive flooding. AR's inbound to Nanumea. If Essex makes it, she should be saved. Out of the war for a year but saved. My Undamaged CV's should be inrange of the CVE-R's at Nanumea next turn so the air groups should start looking better. Abemama is not repairing very quickly. Once I clean this mess up, I think I will bull rush Tarawa. Larry is down to one undamaged CV (Kaga). I need to get that AB At SF, Yorktown drops to 6 Syst (a point in each of the last two days). Told you this was going to happen. My first RN CV upgraded to Corsair IV's. Just a few weeks before I can move on Port Blair [image]local://upfiles/25806/DD48DC0B0D2340DBA665A1B2318FE776.jpg[/image]

ny59giants -> RE: Deju Vu All Over Again (12/28/2008 3:11:09 AM)
The questions is, have you made the appropriate sacrifices to the dice gods?? The next day will give the result. If your float damage decreases, you have a good chance. If it goes north, then she is apart of the sea floor.

vettim89 -> RE: Deju Vu All Over Again (12/28/2008 4:26:28 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants The questions is, have you made the appropriate sacrifices to the dice gods?? The next day will give the result. If your float damage decreases, you have a good chance. If it goes north, then she is apart of the sea floor.� Well the absolute abyssmal result on my CV strikes against the Japenese CV's makes me hope I am due for some dice Karma. Here's hoping

vettim89 -> RE: Deju Vu All Over Again (12/28/2008 3:44:22 PM)
10 June 1943 Just reporting that USN DD's were forced to put torpedoes into stricken Essex. Her SYST was 99, FLOT 90, and speed 0. No point in continueing this farce. Really not happy with the result of this battle. I sent 150 strike a/c at the Japanese and got like 8 hits. I lose a CV andd he loses nothing. I am sure Akagi and Zuiho will both be out of the war for a while. I am pressing on for Tarawa. Larry needs to feel the effect of a Nuke bombardment as he has dropped at least a dozen of these on me in the course of this game.

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Deju Vu All Over Again (12/29/2008 4:20:19 AM)
quote: I am sure Akagi and Zuiho will both be out of the war for a while. Too bad. I suppose you have no subs in a position to intercept?

vettim89 -> RE: Deju Vu All Over Again (12/29/2008 4:39:24 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote: I am sure Akagi and Zuiho will both be out of the war for a while. Too bad. I suppose you have no subs in a position to intercept? No plenty of subs - like a dozen. None have been able to penetrate the screen yet. There is a TF two hexes south of Kwajalein that I would assume has at least one of the carriers in it. I have six subs just right here

vettim89 -> RE: Deju Vu All Over Again (1/2/2009 1:11:14 PM)
11-20 June I know its a while since I have posted but I don't want to bore anyone with a series of "Not much happened today" posts. Besides the constant training runs in China and NEI by Japanese a/s, here is what has happened in the last 11 days * Larry has moved more units into Honan but still trails my AS here 3000 to 3200. He has tried two Deliberate attacks which came off at 0 to1 and didn't touch the level 9 forts. This base and Singyang are the forcus of a lot of Japanese air attacks in northern China that are more than just training runs. My limited Chinese Bomober force is focusing on Honan also. In Central CHina, all my units are in Changsha for my counter offensive. The problem as always is supplies. I have all my SEAC transports flying supplies from Ledo to Kumming. Once I get a reasonable stockpile there I will transfer the Dakota's/C-47's to Kumming and move the pile up to Changsha. This will take a while. * Larry finally snuck some bombers into Koepang and hit a TF heading back to Perth from Darwin in the gap between Darwin and Broome where I could not cover it with LRCAP. One AK was hit and it is now in Broome pumping out. With Thursday Island now operational, I can think about moving some AV Support into Malauk on the southern NG coast. This woudl allow me to cover transports moving through the Gulf of Carpenthia. There are several unoccupied bases in the Adaman Sea that could be built up to provide additional LRCAP * Fighting has been heavy in PNG. Air losses have been about equal but this is mostly due to the fact that I am fighting Tony's and Tojo's with Hurricans, KittyHawks, and P-40E. I almost have enough P-47C in the pool to upgrade the 72 plane P-40 sq at PM due for this airframe. AT present all my P-38 airframes are tasked to CBI and CentPac. The guys at PM will just have to make due for now. On the 19th and 20th Allied bombers from PM hit a TRAN TF at Lae and farily ripped it to pieces. * The last two TF for Operation Happy (Invasion of Tarawa) are at Nukefutau heading for Nanumea. I sent a SCTF with 6 old BB's in on the 17th and it is heading back now with an additional two BB's. CV yorktown departed PH on the 20th but is still a week out of Pago Pago. * Larry must have a huge pile of engineers at Bangkok because he is repairing the HI industry there almost as fast as I am hitting it. This has got to be causing him a huge amount of supply point though. Operation Happy is about a week off. Should be some fireworks soon.

vettim89 -> RE: Deju Vu All Over Again (1/3/2009 12:54:53 AM)
21-22 June 1943 It just takes forever to move these AMPH TF's. The main TF with 1st Marines on board ignored my order to proceed to Nanumea and is still parked at Nukefutau. Grrr. This adds two more days to the op. My SCTF will hit Tarawa again next turn. I certainly hope FOW is playing games in me because in spite of constant air and naval bombardment, the port damage is listed at 5! AB damage is 0. Now I hit this base with an 6 strong BB Nuke less than a week ago. When Larry hit Abemama with 1/3 the force a few weeks ago, he creamed the base and it took nearly a week to repair. I don't care how many engineer units there are at Tarawa, he should not be able to repair that quickly. I hope its FOW. I plan to run one more BOMB TF in and before I hit the beaches. Matter of a few days now. I guess the only solace I can take is if there are that many engineer units in place, it should make taking the base easier. CV Yorktown is eight days out of Pago Pago. CVL Monterrey arrives in Panama in three days. CV Hancock arrives Panama in 15 days. CV Enterprise at SF with 17 SYST damage Two RN CV's have sortied from Aden heading for Trico. One still has SeaFires on board but I will have enough Corsair II in the pool once it arrives to upgrade. Once the pieces are in place, I will head back to Port Blair. Operation Grommet: the Sequel.

vettim89 -> RE: Deju Vu All Over Again (1/3/2009 5:17:40 AM)
23 June 1943 The second BOMB hit did a lot more damge and the number of CD guns was only about 40% of the first one; so, its obvious that while the port and airfield weren't hit on the first one, there is considerable disruption/diablement of the ground forces. DD kinnison hit a mine and is limping back to Nanumea. Another DD (whose name escapes me) was torpedoed by a Ro class sub at Tarawa. The sub took a moderate beating as a result. moving the MSW in now. I am hoping the Nuke will have done enough damage so I won't lose too many Bettys and Nells out of Gerogetown put a TT into a RN CL at Tavoy. It cost the Japanese 25 A6M3a's, 2 Betty's, and a Nell. Huge numbers of Japanese aircraft running training out of Canton now - over 200. I think its time to set up another ambush

vettim89 -> Action in BoB - SCTF hits again (1/3/2009 6:08:34 PM)
24 June 1943 I don't know how he does it but Larry slipped another SCTF into Tavoy and roughed up a convoy unloading two BF's there. Results were not good as the Allies lost four DD's to the combat and subsequent air attacks. Weather again socked in ALL my BoB AB's so no CAP over the TF which ran out to sea after the surface battle nor counterstrike from the Beauforts/Avengers/Beaufighters bases at Moulmein. Grr. [:@] The only good news is that only one empty AP and one AK were hit. MSW did not suffer any affects from CD but two were hit by raids out of Kwajalein and Maeolap. LRCAP is up and flying from Abemama and my approaching CV's. Would be nice to dissipate some of Larry's LBA before the transports arrive. Should be three more days of the slow crawl. This should allow me to sneak my BB's in for at least one more good pounding. Supplies are building in Central China. There is 33 k at Changsha and 17 K at Hengchow. It is nice to see supplies will move in China if they exist. Kumming has not risen above 6 k even though I have 100+ C-47/Dakota's flying it in from Ledo everyday. One problem is that all those static units at Chungking are the giant sucking sound you hear in China. I know some aggressive JFB have conquered China in stock but you could not do it in Big B. There is like 4000 AS parked in Chungking alone. [image]local://upfiles/25806/87790F3179E944E9A65ACADB7F1406A6.jpg[/image]

vettim89 -> RE: Action in BoB - SCTF hits again (1/3/2009 11:19:44 PM)
25 June 1943 Well my a/c flew out of Moulmein - check that, some a/s flew out of Moulmein. Only the Beaufighters have the range it seems. The put a 250 lb bomb into a D and strfed that one and another pretty badly. I put all the LBA at Rangoon on Naval attack but they didn't want to go. Seems there was this cricket match between the Indian and Chinese units stationed there and well .... My TF's are two hexes from Tarawa. They are ordered to pause one hex away next turn. That makes D-Day the 27th. The BB's should make it in just in time to give the base one last pasting. CV Yorktown is approaching Canton Island. If I was feeling braver I would send her across the short rout. But I am not feeling brave. I love my CVL's but they do not have the offensive capacity of a full CV. As I only have Wasp and Yorktown right now, I dare not risk one. CV Enterprise is down to 16 SYST damage at SF. CV Hancock arrives at Panama City in about ten days. Unfortunately, ther is about a 40 day gap after that before I receive any new CV/CVL. Need to husband my resources.

vettim89 -> Operation Happy is on (1/4/2009 1:56:13 AM)
26 June 1943 Just sent Larry the turn for Operation Happy. Here's hoping

vettim89 -> RE: Operation Happy is on (1/4/2009 5:40:45 AM)
27 June 1943 Well things went well. Larry sneaked another SCTF into Tarawa this time but it was met by my SCTF. Over three combats, the Japanese were wiped out. On the allied side, Maryland is in extremis and crawling towards Nanumea. I will list the combat results: Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 84,95 Japanese Ships CA Ashigara, Shell hits 5 CA Mikuma, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DD Hayashio, Shell hits 14, and is sunk DD Yugure, Shell hits 11, and is sunk DD Hakaze, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Nokaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Karukaya, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Sagi, Shell hits 10, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Maryland, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage BB Colorado, Shell hits 2 BB West Virginia, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB Oklahoma BB Arizona, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1 BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 2 BB California, Shell hits 2 BB Idaho, Shell hits 2 BB New Mexico BB Mississippi CL St. Louis DD Meade DD Sims, Shell hits 1 DD Hughes DD Balch DD Crosby DD Crane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 84,95 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed E8N Dave: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Ashigara, Shell hits 4, on fire CA Mikuma, Shell hits 16, and is sunk DD Nokaze, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Karukaya, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Maryland, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Colorado BB West Virginia, on fire BB Oklahoma BB Arizona BB Pennsylvania BB California BB Idaho BB New Mexico BB Mississippi CL St. Louis DD Meade DD Sims DD Hughes DD Balch DD Crosby DD Crane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 84,95 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses F1M2 Pete : 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Ashigara, Shell hits 37, and is sunk DD Nokaze, Shell hits 42, and is sunk DD Karukaya, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Maryland, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage BB Colorado BB West Virginia, Shell hits 1, on fire BB Oklahoma BB Arizona BB Pennsylvania BB California BB Idaho BB New Mexico BB Mississippi CL St. Louis DD Meade DD Sims DD Hughes DD Balch DD Crosby DD Crane Heavy LBA counter attacks from the Marshall Islands yeield no hits but cost the Japanese a lot of a/c. Daily totals were: 54 A6M3a, 16 G4M1, 11 G4M2, and 8 G3M. I lost 4 F4U and 3 F6F. My shock attack did not come out well with Allies losing 200 to 400 for Japan. In spite of massively over commiting AP's, a lot of my troops did not make it ashore this turn. I assume a lot of Ops poits were used up dodging Bettys. Minefield damage was minimal. It Appears Larry sent Kaga down from Kwajalein to interfere. You will see her position in the next image. [image]local://upfiles/25806/3393C58B9408411EA6CED9C4FB1CEF1F.jpg[/image]

vettim89 -> RE: Operation Happy is on (1/4/2009 5:41:41 AM)
The first attack [image]local://upfiles/25806/5494CB4839D945BDACC8B8753A112A0C.jpg[/image]

vettim89 -> Operation Happy - Day 2 (1/4/2009 5:04:27 PM)
28 June 1943 All in all a good day. My only complaint is that for some reason my MSW stopped sweeping mines. I lost a LCI and an AK hit a mine also. Only a small fragment of 1st Marines remains on the transports. Lost of supply still to unload. The Japanese CV's (I suspect about one CV, one CVL and two or three CVE) moved two hexes ENE but remained five hexes NNW of Tarawa. They launch massive strikes against the transports. The first attack of the day is the screenie provided. This strike will likely cost me CL Concorde, four AP, and one AK. What is more important is that the F4U-1/F6F-3 CAP shot down or damaged almost all of the escorting fighters. What ensued was a series of close to ten separate attacks in the AM and PM phases that were fun for me to watch but had to be painful for Larry. There was almost no escort of the PM strikes and those that were saw the fighters brushed aside by Hellcats and Corsairs. The hits in the first strike were it for the day. Total Japanese air losses for the day were 48 A6M3a, 38 B5N Kate, 26 D3A Val, 8 A6M5, 4 B6N Jill, and 4 D4Y Judy offset by Allied losses of 8 F4U-1 and 3 F6F-3. This was the combat introduction of the A6M5, Jill and Judy. Total air losses were 131 to 16! CV Yorktown is just past Canton Island. I am sending her towards Nanumea now. She is at least four days away from being in the battle zone. It is tempting to send my CV's north to hit the Japanese CV's as their air groups have got to be about shot. I am Spruance at Phillipine Sea here not Halsey at Leyte gulf. They can sit out there and dissipate themselves. In the ground phase, the Japanese shock attacked and lost 2161 to Allies 172. The Allied Shock Attack then caused 208 additional Japanese casualties to 423 for Allies. Allies attack came off at 2 to 1 and reduced forts to 8. Need to try to regain some strenght here but it should be done sooner rather than later [image]local://upfiles/25806/867367BFB6E9464791508B2DAC978FA6.jpg[/image]

vettim89 -> RE: Operation Happy - Day 2 (1/5/2009 5:47:08 PM)
29-30 June 1943 Well everybody is ashore but disabement was pretty horrid. I will have a hard time getting through with the units in place. The 5th Cav Rgt is sitting at Savali fully prepped for Tarawa. Should have brought them along. I expected more support troops at Tarawa and fewer INF. Should have payed attention to those recon reports. I am having a hard time getting tracker to run for me. Guess I should fix that before I go forward. CV Yorktown will take up its position just south of Tarawa next turn. Nice to have her in place with the addition F6F's plus the SBD's in case Larry sorties his CV's again.

ny59giants -> RE: Operation Happy - Day 2 (1/5/2009 7:47:17 PM)
Bodhi's Utility is probably better for tracking intel reports than Tracker. It helps you plot Ops and se a possible pattern. Good for sending your subs along those frequently used paths.

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Operation Happy - Day 2 (1/5/2009 8:23:36 PM)
quote: She is at least four days away from being in the battle zone. It is tempting to send my CV's north to hit the Japanese CV's as their air groups have got to be about shot. I am Spruance at Phillipine Sea here not Halsey at Leyte gulf. They can sit out there and dissipate themselves. I can certainly understand that. IMHO Larry will never be able to train CV pilots to an effective level -- this is the Midway of your game. Even if the CV's get away, the threat has been greatly reduced. But I wonder if you could get any LBA to Abemama with enough range . . .[;)]

vettim89 -> RE: Operation Happy - Day 2 (1/6/2009 12:16:49 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote: She is at least four days away from being in the battle zone. It is tempting to send my CV's north to hit the Japanese CV's as their air groups have got to be about shot. I am Spruance at Phillipine Sea here not Halsey at Leyte gulf. They can sit out there and dissipate themselves. I can certainly understand that. IMHO Larry will never be able to train CV pilots to an effective level -- this is the Midway of your game. Even if the CV's get away, the threat has been greatly reduced. But I wonder if you could get any LBA to Abemama with enough range . . .[;)] Abemama just went to level 4 AB; so I could but that AB is presently being used for LRCAP over Tarawa. I was looking closely at the map and only Maeolap and Kwajalein are developed to Level 4 AB at this point. So once Tarawa is taken I may be able to blitz those AB's and then send my CV's rushing at Kwajalein. I could put a AMPH TF out there to make it look like I am going for one of the southern Marshalls and then sprint for the big prize. This assumes that the CV's are still there. Larry may have seen the hadnwriting on the wall and pulled them back to safer waters. I compare this situation to Operation I-Go. Timing is about right. Larry has dissipated his remaining CV Air power for naught. 2 June 1943 My last deliberate attack came off at 3 to 1 and reduced forts to 6 at Tarawa. Allies only lost 200 troops. I think the Japanese force is about shot. I ordered a Shock Attack for this turn. CV Bunker Hill is just five days out of Paama City. Another CVL is in the Sea Lanes heading for Pago Pago. CVL Monterrey is heading back to PH with 24 SYST damage. CV Enterprise drops to 12 SYST at SF but she needs an upgrade. The UK CVTF is 1/3 of the way to Diamond Harbor from Trico. There it will meet up with a SCTF and AMPH TF with 2nd UK ID for Port Blair. I have two UK Brigades fully prepped at Trico for reserve if the 2nd can't handle it alone. Last recon reveal only 6 k troops at Port Blair with at least one BF. Cursor recon shows five CA's disbanded at Georgetown. F-5 Recon bird tasked there next trun to determine possible air resistance. First P-40E unit will be able to upgrade to P-47C in about a week. I need better a/c in PNG. The Tojos, A6M3, and Tony's are ripping the P-40, Kittyhawks, Hurricanes IIb's, and even Spits apart. I have another FG already flying the Juggs heading to OZ but EXP is only 57 for that group - ugh

vettim89 -> Double Gotcha (1/6/2009 6:00:02 PM)
3 July 1943 No progress at Tarawa. The 112th Cav RGT is loading and heading up there at max speed. PBY's had spotted a TF at Nauru Island yesterday so I sprinted my CV's over there and had this result: Day Air attack on TF, near Nauru Island at 77,95 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 42 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Konei Maru AP Atsuta Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Bangkok Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire AK Wuhu Maru PG Takunan Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Astuga Maru AK Muko Maru AK Suez Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire MSW Shanan Maru #16 Day Air attack on TF, near Nauru Island at 77,95 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 25 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Bangkok Maru, on fire AK Konei Maru AK Suez Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Assam, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PG Takunan Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage MSW Shanan Maru #16 About 150 4e ran down to Georgetown from Rangoon and had this result: Day Air attack on Georgetown , at 23,44 Allied aircraft Liberator III x 90 F-5A Lightning x 4 B-24D Liberator x 50 Allied aircraft losses Liberator III: 2 damaged B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese Ships AK Madras Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire AG AG-5071, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Kawakaze, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DD Nenohi, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Ganges Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Kagero, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage AK Tokihime Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AS Chogei, Bomb hits 2, on fire Japanese ground losses: 57 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 3 All three DD's sunk. There are now 115 fighters at Georgetown. Too late. That was a one time thing. My 4E's are now resting to soften up Port Blair starting in a few days. LBA flew into Tarawa and put a TT into BB Oklahoma but she is fine (10 Syst, 2 Flot). LRCAP shot down 16 A6M3a, 4 Betty, and 3 Nell. AS there seems to be either a SCTF or possibly CVTF lurking north of Tarawa now, I am sprinting 2/3 of my CV force east to meet this threat. The remainder will stay near Nauru to hopefully finish off the transports parked there. AMPH TF is 2/3 loaded at Chittangong. It will head to Diamond Harbor to meet the RN CV's plus a healthy SCTF. [image]local://upfiles/25806/7C260DB05DD0467A8D8220B7071277EF.jpg[/image]

vettim89 -> RE: Double Gotcha (1/7/2009 1:42:10 AM)
4 July 1943 The situation on Tarawa is bad. My AS has fallen below Larrys by quite a bit (like 168 to 224). Its that shock attack that did it. I don't understand this game. I had a deliberate attack come off at 3 to 1 and disruption was at about 20% after it. I thought for sure the shock attack would do it. Instead it creamed my units. In a desperation move, I am barge lifting a completely unprepped RCT from Abemama to Tarwa. My hope is enough of these troops can get ashore to at least bolster my defense enough to avoid an outright eviction. The 112th Cav Reg - the reserve for this op- is nine freaking days out. This is not good. The SCTF lurking NNE of Tarawa is withdrawing NE. My CVL's off Nauru only put one more TT into an already damged AK and another TT into an undamaged one. Recon now shows three units there and troop count went from 3000 to 7500. Looks like Larry snuck another SNLF in there but he couldn't have off loaded much in terms of supply. The 2nd Marines are loading onto AP's at Kormac and Savali bound. They are 100% prepped for Nauru In the BoB, the AMPH TF has one or two more days of loading before the redevous at Diamond Harbor. A SCTF is seen retreating from Georgetown. Perhaps I have forced Larry to reconsider using this as a forward base. In CHina two offensives are underway near the Changsha/Hengchow area. The ultimate goal here is Hankow.

vettim89 -> He Did it Again (1/7/2009 3:56:06 AM)
5 July 1942. So the SCTF I was worried about slips away but some how another makes it way south and engages the unloading transports at Tarawa. Not a good day. CL Raliegh is in extremis and will likely sink. Now the bad news. With the perceived threat of surface action gone (emphasis on perceived), I had pulled back my SCTF AND set all Naval and LBA on ground attack. So the wounded ducks from the surface battle were sitting 60 NM NE of Tarwa and got ignored. I think I need a Tylenol. Combat results were not all that bad. At least Kirishima has some serious topside damage: Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 84,95 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima, Shell hits 37, on fire CA Chikuma, Shell hits 8 DD Teruzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 6, on fire DD Fumizuki DD Mochizuki, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Akikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Shiokaze Allied Ships CL Raleigh, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage DD Bennett, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Craven, Shell hits 1 DD Wilson DD Clark, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Alden, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Allen, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Stuart DD Kilty, Shell hits 1 DD Brooks AP Zeilin AP Henry T. Allen AP Harris AP J. Franklin Bell AP President Polk, Shell hits 1, on fire AP Sumter AP Bolivar AP Cambria AP Thomas Jefferson AP Henderson AK Aludra AK Castor AK Horace Luckenbach AK Lewis Luckenbach AK Malama AK Mana AK Manini AK Manulani I am moving my CV's just a few hexes NE in case one of the Japanese ships is really hurting. Then back towards Abemama [image]local://upfiles/25806/86D448B50960410E8FF7E2176BA7104D.jpg[/image]

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