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AbeSimpson -> RE: quiet days (6/23/2008 3:41:59 PM)
Hi! Hope you both keep this AAR going, sounds very funny........Germans in the Pacific. Some screenshots would be nice, if possible. Its hard for me to follow because I have litte idea about the game (bought UV two day ago and just finished the manual). GL & HF Abe

fuelli -> RE: quiet days (6/23/2008 3:57:46 PM)
quote: I´m gonna try to negotiate the "price" for PM with you. Will send major fleet units to you as negotiator...[sm=terms.gif] First Tender will be send in several 500lb bombshells[;)]

bigbaba -> RE: quiet days (6/23/2008 4:09:29 PM)
Hope you both keep this AAR going, sounds very funny........Germans in the Pacific.... well, there is something true in this statement. the solomon-islands were a colony of the german empire before they were took away by the british in WW 1. that was something completly new for me just few weeks ago.

RGIJN -> RE: quiet days (6/23/2008 4:34:02 PM)
Rabaul at New Britain (Neu Pommern / New Pomerania back in those days) was the headquarter of Deutsch Neu Guinea. Truk, Ponape and other areas were german mandatories too until 1914. Interesting fact: there is a german dialect still spoken in this vicinity! (Rabaul Creole German) So I understand this game as kinda repossession... [;)]

bigbaba -> RE: quiet days (6/23/2008 5:28:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RGIJN Rabaul at New Britain (Neu Pommern / New Pomerania back in those days) was the headquarter of Deutsch Neu Guinea. Truk, Ponape and other areas were german mandatories too until 1914. Interesting fact: there is a german dialect still spoken in this vicinity! (Rabaul Creole German) So I understand this game as kinda repossession... [;)] quote: there is a german dialect still spoken in this vicinity! (Rabaul Creole German) OMG. i would realy like to hear this dialect...as long as it does not sound like sächsisch or so.[:)]

RGIJN -> RE: quiet days (6/23/2008 5:34:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bigbaba OMG. i would realy like to hear this dialect...as long as it does not sound like sächsisch or so.[:)] Are there any sensitivities with the sound of Sächs´sch? Since I come from Thuringia, which is pretty close to Saxonia... [sm=00000280.gif]

RGIJN -> RE: quiet days (6/23/2008 5:37:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: fuelli First Tender will be send in several 500lb bombshells[;)] REJECTED! [:-]

RGIJN -> RE: quiet days (6/23/2008 7:31:28 PM)
Here you can see one of the A5M used by the Tainan AG in the first weeks of the conflict. Reinforcements now allowed an upgrade and the pilots are hot & eager to show what is in them and their new toy - the A6M2 ReiSen. The old birds are called back, you see them in front of the hangars somewhere in the Philippines while preparing for the next leg to their new station. Green aviators will sow their wild oats on these a/c now back in Japan, grewing to killers for another day of combat soon to come... [sm=sterb003.gif] [image]local://upfiles/23002/9E3B5527FC0B472AA83441429BEB5087.gif[/image]

fuelli -> RE: quiet days (6/23/2008 9:59:39 PM)
I wish they could have stayed longer... Air attack on TF, near Lae at 9,33 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 15 A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 8 P-40E Kittyhawk x 36 B-25D Mitchell x 5 Japanese aircraft losses A5M4 Claude x 3 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed I wish´em all the best and hope to see them soon again when imperial reinforcements need to use everything they´ve left[sm=happy0005.gif]

fuelli -> Us carriers strike (6/24/2008 10:23:50 AM)
This mornings report revealed a fortunate surprise for me: My carrier force which was send out to stop the routine bombardments run by growing more and more stronger enemy forces had a huge success. All participants on US side did their duty with brilliance and bravery of its own class. First the scouts nailed down the position of the Fleet with detailed information about composition and also a few shipnames were identified. My Carrier Force had manuevered itself into perfect attackposition. Only the weather prevented that the first strike hit the main target. Dark clouds above the enemy force let the flightcommander decide to punish a lone ML off GG first. But in the afternoon everything worked according to the book. A huge coordinated strike smashed the enemy TF. SBD planted their bombs with terrfic precision and even the Devestators were able to score a few hits. Target selection was brilliant. 90% of the ordenance rained down on the two battleships Kirishima and Kongo as well as on the cruiser Aoba. Aoba sank ouright after the battle while at least one of the battleships is reported with multiple torpedo hits and supposed to not reach rabaul anymore. The other BB is definatley renderd useless for a couple of months. A bootle of homebrown Rum from NG has been sent by the commander in Chief of PM to M.Mitscher. He and his engineers will have now a littlebit more breathing time in between bombardments to make everything look nice again. A job they have done with lots of success in the past by the way. [image]local://upfiles/12693/897DC05DB8634F50947B4BFC36649F48.jpg[/image]

fuelli -> RE: Us carriers strike (6/24/2008 10:24:41 AM)
about 8,5 hours later [image]local://upfiles/12693/C33F85D2DDB149689A0DF6565CC68C0D.jpg[/image]

bigbaba -> RE: Us carriers strike (6/24/2008 10:35:44 AM)
great success, fuelli. i hope mitcher shares the rum with the pilots. they earn that.[:D] great AAR, guys.

Popeye USN -> RE: quiet days (6/24/2008 2:54:17 PM)
Abe: Welcome to UV! You'll be sorry as this game can become quite addictive as you can see. BTW are you related to Bart? LOL I've played a lot of games over the last eight years or so, but am still learning. As you read the manual and start playing the AI to get your feet wet, feel free to email me with any questions. As a teacher, I'm off for the summer, and anything to do buy "Honey Do's" would be a very welcome diversion. If you get bored BigBaBa and I have an game going on another AAR. Again, feel free to email me: USN_Cdr@comcast.net I'm in Cape Coral, Floriduh....you?

Popeye USN -> RE: quiet days (6/24/2008 2:57:48 PM)
RGIJN: What's your objective in this game? You in it for the long haul and hang on and win on points, or an Auto-Victory?

RGIJN -> RE: quiet days (6/24/2008 3:21:55 PM)
of course I cannot reveal everything, even more so since the detailed plans are still in the final stages of elaboration. But since it´s Sc17 I tend to go for Autovictory. However, another game I fought recently showed up it IS indeed possible to win on points with alot of fortune and right utilization of your assets. The question is if I WANT to endure the usual 1943 hammering on mine... [sm=fighting0083.gif]

RGIJN -> RE: quiet days (6/24/2008 3:24:49 PM)
Yep, Welcome to the forum AbeSimpson! Enjoy the talks and the game as well. [:)]

RGIJN -> RE: quiet days (6/24/2008 4:19:52 PM)
Unfortunately Frank caught me on the way home, pants down because I relied on bad weather. And he was pretty bold in doing so... it rained bombs on me. I´m still looking for a pretext to tell Supreme Command, let alone the Emperor. Really fear some wigging... [sm=fighting0056.gif]

RGIJN -> RE: quiet days (6/24/2008 11:38:50 PM)
Fellow Adm. Yonai Mitsumasa wasn´t amused to hear about the rather bad news... But he promised to take care for some concealment in order to keep more reinforcements flowing down to me.... Furthermore, we were contemplating the overall situation and contrived some nice plan. Lots of Sake then made us assured of our complete success and ended our "conference" [sm=party-smiley-012.gif] Meanwhile my intelligence came up with informations about allied frontline troops at PM. After several days of rain and rain and even more rain they get tired from switching their locations every night in order to avoid japanese heavy shells falling on their heads. [sm=00000023.gif] [image]local://upfiles/23002/17FA23DB501A44859C9D4311C5451837.jpg[/image]

RGIJN -> RE: quiet days (6/25/2008 9:28:45 AM)
finally some day suface action occured. Off PM I had splitted a SC TF group into several branches, and one of them hit the button. After the allied a/c rather in vain tried to attack, three of my DDs met with two AKs south of the harbour entrance (two stragglers already wounded the day before from Rabaul bombers). See here the melee then occured: [image]local://upfiles/23002/67C32E6EF8F244F0963B3FAE3B1CC965.jpg[/image] Of course both AK sunk right on. But Frank´s SS GREENLING hit home once again and torpedoed an other DD of mine in the GG area. Wondering about the relative success of the allied fleet subs early on. Usually they are rather impotent in the first months...

bigbaba -> RE: quiet days (6/25/2008 1:44:17 PM)
nice....a "long lance" finds his victim. about the allied SS and their effectivitiy: popeye attacked TW in our game with a huge force. i had 8! SS in the area, but 2 were sunk and 3 damaged without any positive results. so it was bad luck, or it is like you said and the "silent service" needs a while for their warm up.

RGIJN -> rainy days (6/25/2008 2:13:24 PM)
When talking about their relative harmlessness I was referring to the GATO class submarines only. The S-class is a killer from the beginning. Though it has other shortcomings (less rugged, regrettable range).

fuelli -> RE: rainy days (6/25/2008 5:42:13 PM)
It may have been just a few AK´s but the loss of these ships is a major drawback for my future operations. Still wonder what they were doing in this hex. On the other hand they were already doomed to go down. And somehow they managed to throw off their cargo at PM anyway. A lot of DD´s are no swarming around PM without any Fear. Seems to be the KB must be near by...But I need more evicence. The troops around PM are just some drunken Aussis who got lost on their way home from a Party with natives in the jungle...nothing to worry about

RGIJN -> RE: rainy days (6/25/2008 6:15:41 PM)
Oh, KidoButai isn´t close to PM. But very close to... BRISBANE! As you will have noticed last turn, I got on your tail [:D] Will care for your drunken Aussies later then.[;)]

RGIJN -> uncommon carrier clash (6/25/2008 8:39:38 PM)
Bang! Operation RETALIATE commenced last morning. As mentioned before I got on the tail of the allied CVs that had pummeled my BBs. KB had already sailed the day before this debacle, but too late to interfere. So I got to rush south... [sm=scared0018.gif] After three days of sneaking thru bad weather I reached my destination some hexes off Brisbane. Our imperial spies revealed Admiral Frank had disbanded his force here and gave the sailors some time off - to celebrate their earlier success in the watering holes of the city. Unfortunately two times my search planes were noticed by the Allied, what obviously denied complete surprise. Since Fuelli suspected something odd he ordered his aircrews to stand by on the local airstrips. Next day he attacked KB´s "death star", with little success but for tremendous losses in return. Then a single super wave hit the town... and smashed the harbour with the flattops at their piers! See here the battle report: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/27/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Naval bombardment of Brisbane, at 22,77 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 3 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 6 damaged Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 19,41 Japanese Ships DD Takanami Allied Ships SS Grenadier -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 29,35 Japanese Ships DD Kuroshio Allied Ships SS S-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 27,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 121 A6M3 Zero x 11 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 SBD Dauntless x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 damaged SBD Dauntless x 13 destroyed CPO S. Yoshino of BI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 27,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 119 A6M3 Zero x 11 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 46 SBD Dauntless x 100 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 11 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 6 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 28 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 12 damaged SBD Dauntless x 43 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 62 damaged LT M. Suganami of BI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4 CPO S. Yoshino of BI-1 Daitai bails out and is CAPTURED Japanese Ships CV Soryu, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 2 CV Hiryu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Brisbane , at 22,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 D3A Val x 118 B5N Kate x 164 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 6 destroyed D3A Val x 18 damaged B5N Kate x 1 destroyed B5N Kate x 7 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged PO2 V.Ibusuki of EII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2 Allied Ships CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 3, on fire CV Hornet, Bomb hits 4, on fire CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Lexington, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CA Northampton, Bomb hits 1 Allied ground losses: Men lost 27 Guns lost 1 Port hits 29 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 3 Attacking Level Bombers: 27 x B5N Kate at 6000 feet 20 x B5N Kate at 7000 feet 16 x B5N Kate at 6000 feet 14 x B5N Kate at 9000 feet 12 x B5N Kate at 8000 feet 22 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 18 x B5N Kate at 6000 feet 10 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 24 x B5N Kate at 7000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 27,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 89 A6M3 Zero x 11 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 29 SBD Dauntless x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 6 damaged SBD Dauntless x 10 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 7 damaged PO2 T.Hamano of EII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3 LCDR C. Fenton of VF-42 bails out and is RESCUED Japanese Ships CV Zuikaku ------------------------------------------- Now there are 61 F4F and 76 SBD missing at Brisbanes airstrips, 137 a/c total... [8D] My losses were a tenth of that... I am short of time right now, but will try to post a map and some details later. and of course day 2 of operation RETALIATE that brought shells on carriers!

Popeye USN -> RE: uncommon carrier clash (6/26/2008 12:30:45 AM)
Wow! What a fight! In the past I have tried to keep my USN CV's south east and hiding behind Noumea's air cover. Otherwise they can get caught in Brisbane. Plus, if the CV's do get hit near OZ, the planes are stuck there. One time, as the IJN, I thought I chased the US CV's into Brisbane. However, when I got there and pounded the base...nobody was home? In truth though, they were there, he just disbanded them! Kind of a bug, cuz I guess the IJN pilots couldn't see em' with their disbanned stelth cloaking device on? If I had put my A/C on port attack I would have got em'....sneaky!

bigbaba -> RE: uncommon carrier clash (6/26/2008 12:40:41 AM)
now thats a fight. the AC-loses of the US are fatal and that is the reason why i dont like early carrier battles as the USN player...espacialy without avengers.

fuelli -> RE: uncommon carrier clash (6/26/2008 11:49:30 AM)
That really hit me where it hurts. After two days and reassesing it is still a debacel. My losses are tremendous, but today I woke up with 80 crates in my yard and "SBD" painted on it. SBD losses are completety restored in two days. You got to love capitalism. Fighter losses will take a littlebit longer then that. Now the carriers...I could cry... But first the positive. None will sink. But thats all I want to say right now. My lack of carriers was also recognized by PH on short notzice. What really made me mad was the fact that only one Jap carrier got pummeled. That is the real loss in this battle. Nevertheless the cards have been shuffled and I have something like deuce seven offsuite in my hand now. I can only hope to flopp tripps to get this into 43.

RGIJN -> RE: uncommon carrier clash (6/26/2008 5:28:13 PM)
as mentioned before, I got off Brisbane. The next three days saw intense bombardments by several TFs with and without BBs. Each turn at least one CV was hit by shells. My own casualties to (defensive) minefields and shore guns are surprisingly low. After a brief pause due to weather KB´s a/c hit again, but a juicy convoi with some DDs instead of flattops. It presumably came over from Noumea. I think all vessels sunk, with one straggler finished by a sub torpedo one day later. see map for some sketchy details [image]local://upfiles/23002/DBF38E3927F842FC8BF5221F52B0D239.jpg[/image] as you see, the "slow branch" of the KB was already out (KAGA, JUNYO and the CVLs). The remaining parts of the Combined fleet just arrived in time to follow up south. They joined in the Coral Sea, creating the "Death Star" as you call this cluster here on the forum... [:D]

RGIJN -> Brisbane actions (6/26/2008 5:34:39 PM)
here is another combat report from these days down there: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/28/42 Weather: Thunderstorms Naval bombardment of Brisbane, at 22,77 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra x 7 destroyed P-400 Airacobra x 3 damaged TBD Devastator x 1 destroyed TBD Devastator x 5 damaged Allied Ships CV Hornet, Shell hits 1, on fire CV Yorktown, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: Men lost 25 Airbase hits 45 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 138 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Brisbane, at 22,77 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses TBD Devastator x 1 destroyed TBD Devastator x 2 damaged Allied Ships CV Lexington, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CV Hornet, Shell hits 1, on fire Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 103 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 29,35 Japanese Ships DD Uranami, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I really would love to know the likely damage of Franks Carriers... [&:] Can ships sink in a level 9 port at all?

fuelli -> RE: Brisbane actions (6/26/2008 6:16:16 PM)
I can aussure they won´t. Flooding and fires for all carriers is 0.

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