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RGIJN -> RE: End of January 43 (9/20/2008 3:51:41 PM)
After several weeks of a breakdown due to a very personal incident plus tremendous loads of work I´ll try to keep up with the forum now again. As Fuelli already mentioned, last (game) weeks saw only minor actions, but the insidious phase-out of power of the once mighty Japanese forces. Tough my defense is ready and proper I feel the steamroller to come over and flatten me soon. And Japanese supply on war material is really scarce, I could cry over that all the time along [sm=00000023.gif]. We´re at mid-march 1943 by now. However, some turns ago once again I sent a heavy bombardment group into PM, shelling town & airstrips. Franks Carrier group which he deployed to "welcome" me in his home waters stood too far away to gimme a scratch. In return, he sent a battlegroup south of Irau (I don´t know the aim so far). I scrambled together a handful of my vintage a/c (Vals, Kates and Jakes) to greet the American sailors, but I guess they not even mentioned this. The three or so bomb hits did not much damage...

fuelli -> Carriers on Strike (9/20/2008 5:21:37 PM)
Carriers are supposed to strike, but not go on strike....[8\|] I think 7 hexes is not too far out of reach.... [image]local://upfiles/12693/620B5EB7B8D7412EAD19E215B86E9411.jpg[/image]

Ike99 -> RE: Carriers on Strike (9/20/2008 8:58:37 PM)
quote: Carriers are supposed to strike, but not go on strike.... I think 7 hexes is not too far out of reach.... Hmmm, now that is very odd. RGIJN was very lucky here. RGIJN, carriers go in front 99.9% of the time. If you can´t put carriers in front then you don´t go. Sending a TF with Battleships included around the horn of New Guinea to bombard Port Moresby is a 3 turn trip. With no carriers to protect this group or challenge his carriers, this is like painting a target on them. And these are your capital ships with about 150-300 points depending on class. You can ill afford to toss around your capital ships in such a manner. Losing just one cheap battlecruiser is the same as losing the major base of Shortlands built to its maximum developement. Losing one of the expensive Battleships is the same as losing Shortlands, Buin and Munda as far as points and you have saved him the trouble of having to invade these places. That´s how important your capital ships are. Just my advice, take it or leave it.

RGIJN -> RE: Carriers on Strike (9/20/2008 9:22:27 PM)
Thanks for your advice IKE. However, I´m pretty certain about the things I´m doing. No guts, no glory. And besides of that were my proud crews about a mutiny... [;)]

RGIJN -> RE: End of January 43 (9/23/2008 5:38:22 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: fuelli Battleships? I do not have any battleships....[;)] Frank eventually tries to conceal his true strenght that he is gathering. Actually, I suppose he is about to choke under the load of warships, transport vessels and a/c on hand for the Allies... He is pounding the Lae area and numerous LCUs are marching towards Wau and Buna. I guess the soup is about to be served [8\|] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 47,48 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 35 D3A Val x 8 B5N Kate x 10 E13A1 Jake x 4 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 4 destroyed D3A Val x 5 damaged B5N Kate x 8 destroyed B5N Kate x 3 damaged E13A1 Jake x 1 destroyed E13A1 Jake x 3 damaged Allied Ships CL Leander, Bomb hits 1 CA San Francisco CA Pensacola CL Hobart, Bomb hits 2 BB Washington, Bomb hits 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bigbaba -> RE: End of January 43 (9/25/2008 12:49:38 AM)
crazy flak fire. and this 250 kg val bombs against anything bigger then a CL are realy like snow balls at a solid wall. great AAR btw. continue the good work!

fuelli -> RE: End of January 43 (9/26/2008 9:45:30 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RGIJN Frank eventually tries to conceal his true strenght that he is gathering. Actually, I suppose he is about to choke under the load of warships, transport vessels and a/c on hand for the Allies... I can definately say that this is not true! At least not for transports....[;)] For the next two weeks we are on halt. My fellow opponent is on a long deserved holiday.

RGIJN -> RE: End of January 43 (10/11/2008 6:57:34 PM)
back from vacation and ready to get into our battle again. And after the exchange of a few turns the situation slid into real war then. Franks troops that were on the move for a while already finally reached their destination. I was able to scatter some LCUs to crucial spots to cope with the enemies onslaught. Until now I am able to hold Wau and Buna, but his men took Dobadura and Gavigamana (with no defenders there). At least at Dobadura I´m gonna try to make a stand. And at Gavigamana Fuelli´s naval units got a first bloody nose while maneuvering thru dense minefields. Though not even cleared yet the eggs mortally wounded an APD (sunk) and achieved plenty hits on a BB and several cruisers. I am pretty aware they will not fend off any serious landing, but I love them anyway! [:D]

RGIJN -> march 1943 (10/11/2008 7:06:26 PM)
We´re at the end of March 1943 by now, and the points gap is exactly 2000 in my favour (9271/7271) what I know means nothing good considering there are still nine months to. The time remaining will be full of punishment, mostly for me. But I´ll not only try to strike back as often and as hard as possible. Will post detailled intel (loss reports) later on.

RGIJN -> RE: march 1943 (10/14/2008 10:34:29 PM)
last turn saw a small scale night naval battle at Gavigamana. I noticed Franks minesweeper TFs which are still busy clearing the harbour he just seized... and sent a choice of cruisers + DDs down there to the spot. Though the results could have been better I am still happy - he lost two of his screening destroyers (DD BACHE was a modern type, netting 12points) while I lost no ships at all and damage is only slight to three vessels. Furthermore, he lost a few troops drowning during the duel. The one sad thing is that my forces were unable to kill these anti-mine crafts...[:@] However, that´s not the way to win the war as I know... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/31/43 Weather: Thunderstorms Night Time Surface Combat, near Gavigamana at 51,47 Japanese Ships CA Tone, Shell hits 3 CA Chikuma, Shell hits 2 CL Agano, Shell hits 5, on fire DD Shimakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Tokitsukaze DD Arare, Shell hits 3 DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Yugure, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Okikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Nokaze, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships DD Bache, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Jarvis, Shell hits 1 DD Cummings, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Smith, Shell hits 1 APD Sands DMS Hovey, Shell hits 1 MSW Motive Allied ground losses: Men lost 246 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RGIJN -> RE: march 1943 (10/16/2008 7:31:01 PM)
it seems Franks 5th invasion is underway... and 30 of my dumb Val pilots deliberately decided to die in a wall of 68 Wildcats - they took off without any escorts! I just cannot understand incidents like this[:@][sm=00000018.gif][sm=00000023.gif] [image]local://upfiles/23002/F68916C3358848FBAFBD2A258A4551F7.jpg[/image]

Kingfisher -> RE: march 1943 (10/16/2008 9:55:58 PM)
For the same reason 18 unescorted Bettys went after Lexington.

RGIJN -> RE: march 1943 (10/16/2008 10:22:23 PM)
He goes for GiliGili... and Day one of his invasion saw heavy air action. And again (of course?!?!) 23 Betties flew into death... Grrrr! My remaining attackers achieved quite meager results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 23 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 65 P-38G Lightning x 79 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 23 destroyed 1LT V. Winders of 35th FS is credited with kill number 5 Attacking Level Bombers: 0 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 76 A6M3 Zero x 106 G4M1 Betty x 16 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 31 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 65 P-38G Lightning x 79 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 22 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged A6M3 Zero x 49 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged G4M1 Betty x 5 destroyed G4M1 Betty x 14 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 20 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 30 damaged P-38G Lightning x 55 destroyed P-38G Lightning x 38 damaged LCDR P.Morita of F1/Tainan Daitai is credited with kill number 5 LCDR P.Morita of F1/Tainan Daitai is KILLED Allied Ships CVE Sangamon Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 A6M3 Zero x 3 G4M1 Betty x 18 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 55 P-38G Lightning x 54 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 11 destroyed G4M1 Betty x 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged P-38G Lightning x 3 destroyed P-38G Lightning x 3 damaged CPO N.Nagashima of F1/253rd Daitai is credited with kill number 3 MAJ D. Brannon of 67th FS bails out and is CAPTURED Allied Ships CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB Colorado BB Maryland CA Portland Attacking Level Bombers: 1 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 1 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 3 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 54 P-38G Lightning x 53 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 2 destroyed G4M1 Betty x 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 1 Attacking Level Bombers: 1 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bigbaba -> RE: march 1943 (10/17/2008 11:56:32 AM)
outch..the lose of so many bettys hurts realy. the AI is realy too stuppid when it comes to selecting naval targets. hopefully i will have more luck in my game against nomad, when HE finaly starts his offensive. hope you can hold GG long enough to inflict some damages at least with yout battlefleet.

fuelli -> Gili Gili liberated (10/18/2008 3:33:53 PM)
After day 1 saw heavy action the following two days were surprisingly quiet. It seems the Japanese High Command decided to not intervene and to let the mines located at GG to do the job. Day 2. As expected GG beach is heavily mined and minesweeping is the major task for all escort vessels while the transport start to off load troops, supplies and PT boats. KB is sighted north of Rabaul and all heavy bombers located at PM are on alert. Day 3. Big disaster. my PT boats decided to return to Noumea at full speed and ran out of fuel. I had to despatch an oiler from the carrier replenishment group to assist them. KB has changed its location but did not close in. No Surface units have been sighted yet. A first attack of my ground troops at GG is successful and it seems that I came with the right amount of troops to make this a short engagement. Day 4. GG is liberated. My casualties are far less then expected: 2DDs sunk by mines. 7 DDs, 6 APs and 1 AK damaged by mines and one CA and a CL hit by torpedoes on Day 1. All in all operation "Get GO" (Gili Gili) was very successful although operation "soup" (Soften Up) failed to take Buna in time to use the airfield for close air support of the invasion. Buna is still a stalemate but now I have enuogh resources to take care of that.

RGIJN -> KB on scene again (10/21/2008 9:45:01 AM)
These days are really disillusioning ones. Though my assets aren´t disabled all too much so far, the once proud IJN & IJA just have no chance to interfere with any allied movement that is undertaken in earnest. Instead of any futile attack against the Allied offensive in the PNG area, I sailed down to the northern Hebrides to cause some trouble there. The only result was that the enemy lost considerable more a/c than me (about 60 to 40 this day) but no shipping was hit... [:(] These morons went after tiny Patrol cutters! Meanwhile, Aussie and US troops finally took Wau after weeks of bombardment. Fortunately my LCU were able to retreat with no serious losses. I still hold Buna, where Frank seemingly underestimated my strenght and deployed only minor forces. But I see reinforcements are on the move over the rugged Owen-Stanley Range... We´ll see what happens there. In another game (against Paul / BigRed) things still go pretty well for me, though we´re in June 1943 already (about 3800 lead for me...). We both agree it is sad we did not established an AAR since our fighting is very intense and dogged with the real bloody phase is going on for three months now with no pause for breath at all. He lost tons of ships (over 350/worth >5500p) and me tons of A/C (far more than 5000). But this is a Sc19 with more support from Japan and (even more important) in the game here with Frank it was my fault not to take PM early. I just wanted to try it that way - but I will never try this again! Anyway, here is a part of today´s battle report -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 46,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 92 A6M3 Zero x 55 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger x 16 destroyed ENS S.Inano of FI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Wunpuko at 51,51 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 49 A6M3 Zero x 38 B5N Kate x 13 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 24 P-39D Airacobra x 27 P-40E Kittyhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 9 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed B5N Kate x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 damaged P-39D Airacobra x 13 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 13 damaged P-40E Kittyhawk x 6 destroyed LT L. Barnard of VF-2 is credited with kill number 4 Allied Ships SC 749 SC 741 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 46,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 85 A6M3 Zero x 67 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger x 4 destroyed WO U.Kanno of F1/6th Daitai is credited with kill number 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Wunpuko at 51,51 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 39 G4M1 Betty x 8 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 32 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 39 P-39D Airacobra x 19 P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 4 destroyed G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty x 7 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 12 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 damaged P-39D Airacobra x 4 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 6 damaged P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 destroyed WO W.Shibata of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4 SLDR M. Herrick of No. 15 Sqn RNZAF is KILLED Allied Ships SC 749 Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RGIJN -> RE: KB on scene again (10/22/2008 3:43:35 PM)
In order to prevent my guys from mutinity and boredom I marshalled three different heavy BB groups to pound Gavigamana a few nights ago. And they really hit hard. Of course a rather silly move, but I just didn´t want to sit and wait... Not to mention the airfield was just one day out of action from this thick rain of shells anyway! Two days after that hellfire the US launched some TBFs with Corsair escorts on my carriers from that tiny strip. Though none hit, some Avengers made it thru a wall of well over 120 Zeros thanks of just 12 F4Us!!! I lost about 30 Zeros for one lone Corsair!! Wow, how annoying this is! [&:][:@] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/13/43 Weather: Thunderstorms Naval bombardment of Gavigamana, at 51,47 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk x 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk x 1 damaged P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 damaged SBD Dauntless x 2 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 22 Airbase hits 12 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Gavigamana, at 51,47 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 2 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk x 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk x 1 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 268 Vehicles lost 3 Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 184 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Gavigamana, at 51,47 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 1 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 176 Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 183 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buna Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12582 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 23164 troops, 115 guns, 74 vehicles Japanese ground losses: Men lost 9 Allied ground losses: Men lost 6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

fuelli -> NG in allied hands (10/26/2008 1:00:34 PM)
Buna has finally fallen. Two Infantry Regiments are known to be left in the area which will be dealt with soon. The Enemy troops which have been driven out of Wau are now located at Lae. The Solomon Sea is now under control of allied aircraft. [image]local://upfiles/12693/25F1B46BF9EC4A498C30426FB44F4F0B.jpg[/image]

fuelli -> Overall Situation (10/26/2008 1:18:45 PM)
Having a look to the east Gavigamana was rented by the IJN for target practice. I would have not given my OK for that if i would have known that the WHOLE IJN will take part...The nice thing about it: His carriers were also involved and therefore their position was exactly where I wanted them to have while my fleet returned from the Gili Gili invasion:far far away[:D]. All of my ships have now arrived savely at several ports for rest and refit. [image]local://upfiles/12693/D48E1E8BA16E417D9EC1E7FD1B494470.jpg[/image]

bigbaba -> RE: Ovberall Situation (10/26/2008 1:47:53 PM)
OMG, it looks realy bad for the japs and there are still several months to play! espacialy new guinea under allied control means huge problems for the japanese. nice acchievments, fuelli.[&o]

RGIJN -> RE: Ovberall Situation (10/27/2008 9:27:15 PM)
yes, hard times for me indeed! So I have to rely on "delights" of much smaller scale than back in those days 1942. As it occured last night, when a little surface battle at Gaviagamana ensued. Aside from the obvious results (one modern Allied DD sunk plus one heavily damaged, only slight damage to one of my DDs, the other DD and CL YUBARI just scratched and still well in the green) I cheer about the death of US Adm. Thomas Kinkaid who drowned in the murky waters of the Northern Heebrides. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/23/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Night Time Surface Combat, near Gavigamana at 51,47 Japanese Ships CL Yubari DD Ikazuchi DD Inazuma Allied Ships PT 124 PT 120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gavigamana at 51,47 Japanese Ships CL Yubari, Shell hits 28, on fire DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 1 DD Inazuma, Shell hits 3, on fire Allied Ships DD Beale, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Hutchins, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage SC 750 SC 751 TK Suamico TK Pecos TK Cache TK Millicoma, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Gavigamana, at 51,47 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 destroyed Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- unfortunately, I missed the juicy tankers! [:(] [image]local://upfiles/23002/365007D3B0FF450F9D6401E4B70C83A3.jpg[/image]

fuelli -> RE: Ovberall Situation (10/27/2008 10:57:49 PM)
Wow, I wasn´t aware that Kinkaid was in command for that TTF....I have to have a closer look at that in the future.

RGIJN -> RE: Ovberall Situation (10/27/2008 11:35:09 PM)
though it won´t help me anything, he was one of your better leaders... In UV, you cast pearls before swine if you don´t pay attention to the damned & trappy automatic Admiral selection. For example: Any IJN TF of three or more ships is subjected to Tanaka Raizo as leader, but it would be more than a just misery to lose such a man on a hapless AP vessel - sinking from the fishes of a lone US submarine!

bigbaba -> RE: Ovberall Situation (10/28/2008 12:02:38 AM)
aye, you have to be very carefull with tanaka..he is a very popular man.[;)] but i think, his preformance goes down similar to the rest of the IJN in 1943. why? look at this battle of tanaka and its results: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/09/43 Weather: Overcast Sub attack at 44,42 Japanese Ships SS I-122 Allied Ships CVE Copahee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1 DD Usugumo, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Asagiri, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Sazanami, Shell hits 1 DD Uzuki DD Asanagi, Shell hits 5, on fire DD Shiokaze DD Yukaze DD Namikaze, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Pensacola, Shell hits 2 CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 2 CL Columbia, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Hughes, Shell hits 1 DD Mustin, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD O'Brien DD Lang, Shell hits 2 DD Stack, Shell hits 1 DD Balch DD Aylwin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima, Shell hits 5 DD Usugumo, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Asagiri, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Sazanami DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3 DD Asanagi, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Yukaze, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage DD Namikaze, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Nashville, Shell hits 5 DD Mullany DD Bache, Shell hits 3 DD Welles DMS Hovey DMS Trevor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships BB Kirishima, Shell hits 9 DD Usugumo, and is sunk DD Sazanami, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Uzuki, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage DD Asanagi, and is sunk DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Yukaze, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Namikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Nashville, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Mullany, Shell hits 1 DD Bache DD Welles DMS Hovey DMS Trevor i would say: he sucks later in the game.

RGIJN -> Tanaka (10/29/2008 3:38:04 PM)
Tanaka is a smart guy indeed, so I´m used to employ him very rarely and with most caution possible. As for your battle results you should take into consideration that the individual ship rating (combat and skipper values), perfomance figures and Radar will influence the dice roll too and not only the overall Commander of your TF. Of course I am aware that as the Japanese (especially later in the war) you won´t have the "grand selection" of ships you can freely chose from... However, for surface TFs there are several other great Admirals in the IJN default list and some of the ship skippers (mostly CDR or CPT rank) are very capable too.

fuelli -> Spring time (10/30/2008 12:39:36 PM)
We have the end of April and the two remaining Inf regiments (the 238th and 239th) in Buna decided to give up the fighting. Now the south east of NG has become a peaceful place. Further in the north my troops have marched out of Wau only to find empty places left behind by the Japanes who are still located at Lae. Far further in the north I have detected signs of activity in Wewak. I have never dared to think about walking up the trail that far but, why not.... Meanwhile I get reports from PH that they are short on storage....for ships[8\|] Men of the 4th Australien enjoying themselves in the Buna jungle [image]local://upfiles/12693/1307A37518F94D6AB003D3FC428EE3D1.jpg[/image]

fuelli -> RE: Spring time (11/5/2008 12:44:32 PM)
While my advisory board in Washington is working on the overall strategy for the next moves I tried to contest a few certain places regarding the expected opposition. I was quite surprised that Woodlark island had no mines. Also no troops as it seems. But a lvl 4 airfield. This looks too juicy...obviously a trap...I have to be careful.... [image]local://upfiles/12693/F0D2BCDA295E4B9BB21733AEDFEAA8B7.jpg[/image]

fuelli -> PTs strike (11/6/2008 6:43:54 PM)
Finally. After dozens of engagements and more then 40 PTs sunk without any result a torpedo struck its target. Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Yura, Shell hits 6 CL Tama DD Shimakaze DD Isokaze DD Kawakaze DD Umikaze DD Asakaze DD Harukaze DD Minekaze Allied Ships PT 162 PT 170, Shell hits 11, and is sunk PT 171 PT 176, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage PT 178, Shell hits 16, and is sunk PT 318, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa, on fire CL Yura, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 2, on fire CL Tama, Shell hits 1 DD Shimakaze DD Isokaze DD Kawakaze DD Umikaze DD Asakaze DD Harukaze DD Minekaze Allied Ships PT 162 PT 171, Shell hits 81, and is sunk PT 176, and is sunk PT 318

fuelli -> Battle of Gili Gili (11/13/2008 9:02:49 AM)
In the last couple of weeks, the Japanese navy occasionally shelled different bases in their reach.Evidence showed that only medium sized guns were involved but nevertheless a lot of aircraft got damaged on the ground at Gili Gili which was a boost for morale there. Therfore countermeasures were due. Yesterday they struck. A medium and a small size surface combat group tried to sneak into Gili Gili to do some damage. But this time they dicovered resistance. Finally the minefield that have been set up during the invasion and were extended the last weeks found their target. And not only one. Three ships got hit hard. Finally revenge for the dozens of mines I have already collected. [image]local://upfiles/12693/372512F77B0F4517ADE68047A6677027.jpg[/image]

fuelli -> RE: Battle of Gili Gili (11/13/2008 9:04:48 AM)
Now that was a good start. The explosions also worked as alarm signal and my Battlegroup lying in wait now jumped on the enemy still in disorder and completely unaware of things to come [image]local://upfiles/12693/C68AC5EF006B47C890E4FE49079BE262.jpg[/image] CA Tone got immediately mauled by the 16inchers from BB Indiana. Two additional destroyers got sunk during the action and the remaining ships all got their share of US steel. On The downside CA Portland was heavily shelled by CA Atago and more then a dozen 8inchers and a torpedo turned her into a burning piece of scrapmetal. But nevertheless the intruders fled and no shot was fired at my precious aircraft shelters at GG.

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