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beppi -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 1:56:44 PM)
Reagrding you situation in Truk: 1.) Truk is maybe the hardest place to invade and take in the game. It provides a superb terrain modifier and has a 60k troop limitation. With enough forts 6+ this island is very hard to take and needs a lot of preparation, even rotating troops to invade. 2.) Invading Truk with non prepared troops is pure suicide. 3.) You went over the 60k limit by a wide margin. You can invade with 65k troops or even a little more but 80k is way to much. The supply usage will explode with so much troops. That is the reason why only one of your division takes all the supply. It just tries to acquire the normal monthly supply needed for such a overstocked island. There is no "bug" in the engine. 4.) If you want Truk, take Ponape first and use it as the assault point. As far as i remember it does not have a troop limit. Drop 10 Aos there and 10AKEs into the port and you can use bombardment TFs from there to soften up Truk. I only pulled of an invasion once and i hammered Truk for around 3 weeks with 4 bombardment TFs around the clock from Ponape. 5.) For a Truk invasion rely on combat power and Tanks. You only have 60k troops so do not take anything which is not necessarily with you. One HQ, 20k Troops or so in tanks, and 3-4 of you best divisions and possible one of the amphibious support brigades for a few 100 naval support. All 100% prepped without question. In addition prepare 2-3 additional divisions if you need to rotate some of your units. As far as i know everything can be placed in Ponape as it does not have an limit.

offenseman -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 3:22:29 PM)
Daring daring raid. Impressive and a lesson to the allied player to not move everything forward. Rob-Lenny, take note. ;)

LoBaron -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 6:36:24 PM)
Aztez, good to still find your AAR on P1 sometimes! I alwas enjoy reading it. Just a comment Re: Truk: Doublecheck if the other units stay in supply. IIRC it does not matter whether 1 unit got 95% of the supply and the others only a small reserve. The units which become undersupplied should draw supplies from the one that got the big bulk. Good luck! [:)]

LoBaron -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 6:37:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: offenseman Daring daring raid. Impressive and a lesson to the allied player to not move everything forward. Rob-Lenny, take note. ;) Mike, you can draw as many units off Truk as you like. I would never dare to attack this Japanese bastion...

offenseman -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 6:55:43 PM)
My sense of relief is overwhelming. Sending APs in now for evac! ;)

witpqs -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 7:01:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LoBaron I would never dare to attack this Japanese bastion... I would. [:)]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:27:02 PM)
crsutton: Yeah, take nothing away from Dave. He really pulled that off nicely. AA did shoot down planes but not sure actually how many due to FOW. It should since Colombo had monster AA in terms of units deployed. Yeah, have been busy. I have the screens you requested below. Not going to comment more on them since it is getting late. zzodr: Definately! Allthough would love dive towards IJN wrecks a bit more. beppi: Welcome! I do hold Rabaul, Kusaie and Ponape. Truk is definately tough nut to crack but wasn't expecting this bonus difficulty. Most of my troops were infantry and tanks units. I do have a lot of troops floating outside Truk but will cancel this operation. Now, need to talk Dave about the situation and get those troops off. Even that will costly due to heavy CD guns involved here. offenseman: Indeed! Daring might be a bit modest word for it though. LoBaron: Thanks. I have a lot of catching up to do in your, Rob's, offensemans and Seydlitz AAR. The one division has 40 000 supply units now. Rest have 0 supplies but that is fine since forfeiting Truk and will bomb it to dust. As said above need to confirm this with Dave. witpqs: lol! I wohn't bet againts that statement.

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:28:53 PM)
It is late back here Finland but here are few screenies from the game as requested. I wohn't comment on these now but mostly you get the "picture" from them. The current game date is almost december 1944 in case you are wondering that... [image]local://upfiles/15617/4BCBF386499B48B192B098F413DD0959.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:30:46 PM)
Pacific Map late november 1944 [image]local://upfiles/15617/9C982AA94A21484A829107A5699A83D1.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:31:37 PM)
IJN losses... [image]local://upfiles/15617/99A9CB236D044993940CBD47451B267F.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:33:44 PM)
Allied losses Part 1... [image]local://upfiles/15617/C730A311A3F643528390EA84B03BA1FA.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:34:48 PM)
Allied losses part 2... [image]local://upfiles/15617/541BA45035164867AE48F4C1B9535E0D.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:36:01 PM)
Aircraft losses late november 1944... [image]local://upfiles/15617/9E152AD301EF41A383279286B1016A89.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:37:43 PM)
KB raid on Colombo... [image]local://upfiles/15617/162B4C16521E4B01ACDA1D2CD2B97125.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:38:36 PM)
Southern Pacific situation... [image]local://upfiles/15617/D3058CA715BD4BE5BBBF7DAEDF01EB5F.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: November 1944 (6/15/2011 10:59:16 PM)
quote: I have +40 000 units of supply currently there for the troops but somehow it is not divided. Thus one single infantry division holds 95% of teh supplies landed on the beaches. I know this comment is late - I believe this was fixed in one of the Betas. BTW, if you do consider upgrading, I would recommend going with the latest.

zzodr -> RE: November 1944 (6/16/2011 6:02:29 AM)
Just nuke Truk with a B29. It's the only way to be sure. [:)]

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/16/2011 8:03:18 PM)
zzodr: I will increase the tempo as much as I can. witpqs: That is what I hear too. I did discuss with Dave and he agreed not to ground assault those starved troops. I'am pulling them off and maybe visiting Truk a bit later on. Not decieded on that one. The other option would have been to wait for the official patch but we agreed to move on. Pacific (November 29th 1944) Japanese launched againts Colombo again. Dave however stated that this was pure accident on his part and he missed to reset orders. Well, we did shoot down few of his carrier pilots above the skies at Colombo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 11 Seafire IIC x 12 Hurricane IIc Trop x 14 Hurricane FR.IIc x 10 Thunderbolt II x 16 P-38L Lightning x 34 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 A6M5 Zero x 80 A6M5b Zero x 35 D4Y1 Judy x 7 D4Y2 Judy x 4 D4Y3 Judy x 26 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 12 Seafire IIC x 13 Hurricane IIc Trop x 15 Hurricane FR.IIc x 12 Thunderbolt II x 18 P-38L Lightning x 40 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed D4Y1 Judy: 4 destroyed D4Y2 Judy: 2 destroyed D4Y3 Judy: 15 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Seafire IIC: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed Allied Ships BB Queen Elizabeth, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 53 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N2 Jill x 16 Allied aircraft Corsair II x 10 Seafire IIC x 11 Hurricane IIc Trop x 9 Hurricane FR.IIc x 10 Thunderbolt II x 18 P-38L Lightning x 27 Japanese aircraft losses B6N2 Jill: 2 destroyed I had some long ranged bombers on naval search last turn and they spotted the moving carriers. (see pic below) It seems he is withdrawing them into Singapore for an refit and "rest". Other than that.. we launched againts Manus near Rabaul but got repulsed. Dave launched some Jack sweeps but we held firm on those raids. I have now commenced plan B since the Truk operations are officially cancelled for now. [image]local://upfiles/15617/8D414D4AC59C4DF4AEB54A02B417C023.jpg[/image]

crsutton -> RE: November 1944 (6/16/2011 11:07:05 PM)
Well, your Navy has been hammered but not to the point where it is crippled. Killing those five Japanese carriers is a good things as you are reaching a point where he just can't defeat your carriers with his. Keep plugging. Your game looks like it will go well into 1946 which may be fun. It will be fun to watch.

aztez -> RE: November 1944 (6/19/2011 9:48:17 AM)
crsutton: If that sunken list is accurate. Well, it is accurate in terms of allied losses but not 100% for the japanese ones. I definately will keep grinding eventhough he has basically won on "points". We just turned 3 years gametime in this one and will see it all the way into 1946's.

aztez -> December 1944 (6/19/2011 9:49:22 AM)
New Guinea (December 7th 1944) Allied operations have now commenced at New Guinea region. Troops have now landed at Sarni and hope to secure this base soon so I can start building up the airfield. Japanese have moved fighter aircraft into vicinity of Aitape. This was dealt with large bomber raid and the airfield is pretty much closed down now. We scorched some 40-50 fighters with that strike. Allied troops are also fighting south of Rabaul at Rekata Bay. This base should soon be in our hands. Invasion of Port Moresby will commence next turn. Allied ships are just 40 miles off the target. If recon is correct japanese have just 1 unit there. I'am also moving 400-500 bombers into southern pacific region plus some trained fighters. There will be further invasions at northern New Guinea. I want to secure those bases before he can reinforce them. [image]local://upfiles/15617/E406726A21EC46F0A96FCF1F515EC8D8.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: December 1944 (6/21/2011 7:54:51 PM)
Burma (December 13th 1944) The stalemate continue at Chiang Mai. However last turn recon missions showed that he is either reinforcing this base or making organized withdraw of forces. The recon planes spotted 4-5 enemy units 40 south of the base. IJN pulled off couple big raids againts Moulmein and Rangoon. These bombardments neutralized the airfields for an turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Moulmein at 55,55 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Spitfire PR.XI: 1 destroyed on ground F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Yamashiro BB Fuso BB Mutsu BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 128 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Manpower hits 1 Fires 2496 Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 25 Port hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Rangoon at 54,53 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-51B Mustang: 12 destroyed on ground Spitfire VIII: 6 destroyed on ground Spitfire Vc Trop: 5 destroyed on ground P-38L Lightning: 8 destroyed on ground F-5E Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed on ground F-6C Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground Catalina I: 2 destroyed on ground Corsair II: 3 destroyed on ground Thunderbolt II: 1 destroyed on ground Mosquito PR.IX: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Ashigara CA Nachi CA Haguro CA Myoko CA Chokai CA Maya CA Atago CA Takao CA Chikuma CA Tone DD Wakaba DD Wakazuki DD Susuzuki DD Akizuki Allied ground losses: 812 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 209 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 35 (2 destroyed, 33 disabled) Vehicles lost 59 (5 destroyed, 54 disabled) Airbase hits 101 Airbase supply hits 21 Runway hits 792 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 ..talk about overkill. These naval bombardments were bad as nuclear weapons. The RAF and US airforce is still very strong in the area and it is regrouping for the next push here. Also the Chinese officials have confirmed that they will enter back into war againts Japan. The chinese troop movement is ongoing already and the offensive will start most likely in january 1945. [image]local://upfiles/15617/1827B022146247E1B34F749CF6B6998B.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: December 1944 (6/21/2011 7:56:19 PM)
New Guinea (December 13th 1944) The allied push againts the Japanese holding New Guinea have been increased. Last turn we seized the following bases: Port Moresby, Rekata Bay, Sarni, Biak and Manokwari. There are ongoing invasion transports heading into Aitape as we speak. At Manus the japanese are still holding out but the situation might change soon since I can now support the ground troops with even more bombers. Definately an good turn here and we hope to keep things moving forward. [image]local://upfiles/15617/C5C97B8EED064DE58EE96863CC8ED13E.jpg[/image]

crsutton -> RE: November 1944 (6/22/2011 2:54:28 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: aztez crsutton: If that sunken list is accurate. Well, it is accurate in terms of allied losses but not 100% for the japanese ones. I definately will keep grinding eventhough he has basically won on "points". We just turned 3 years gametime in this one and will see it all the way into 1946's. Those sinkings were 8 months ago. They are almost certain by now. My experience is that if it is on the sunk list that long, it is sunk.

aztez -> January 1945 (7/11/2011 8:32:30 PM)
Intelligence screen (January 4th 1945) Here is an screenshot showing the points gathered so far in the game. As you can see allied are pushing forward but japanese have inflicted significant damage so far. [image]local://upfiles/15617/895963461972404E8721E5EBD311DB95.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/11/2011 8:33:40 PM)
Pacific (January 4th 1945) This is the overview map of the Pacific theatre. The most actions are fought currently around New Guinea and Burma. If you compare the map from what we started off than things are looking much better. (Not as good as i would like though) [image]local://upfiles/15617/572F98D47CD54576B42A94DE1386B00A.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/11/2011 8:35:00 PM)
New Guinea (January 4th 1945) Allied have been pushing forward here and the whole New Guinea will be liberated soon. We still need seize bases that were left behind though. This is vital because Dave can do ambush style missions. In example he did place some Judy's into Nauru Island and managed to sunk few tankers. Allied troops will start landing at Sorong next turn. The base have 7 units totaling around 10 000 men. We should however capture the base within next 2-3 turns since we have brought overwhelming force into battle. Also there are smaller landings happening at Kavieng, Lae and Wewak. It has been somewhat of an suprise to see how much supply and fuel these campaigns eat though. A word of advice to anyone nearing this timeframe. [image]local://upfiles/15617/E5B2851610D74A5EA93519BA51F0E922.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/11/2011 8:36:49 PM)
Burma (January 4th 1945) IJN have made several bombardment runs againts Rangoon, Pegu and Moulmein. So far I haven't been able to stop these but will look into my options regarding these raids. At least BB Yamamoto and BB Musashi are operating in this area. There has not been any signs of KB which I expect to show up in southern Pacific. The ground battle at Chiang Mai is ongoing and both sides have brought in additional reinforcements. I'am preparing to start pushing in other areas here too and moving troops accordingly. [image]local://upfiles/15617/81F2C43802114EA49FF8DBD8436E91F1.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/11/2011 8:38:22 PM)
China (January 4th 1945) Here is an picture from China. There has not been any ground battles fought here for months but things are about to change. I'am moving chinese troops forward but still very much undecieded how to handle the offensive that is about to start. [image]local://upfiles/15617/C1E0A265457149DD9750D658FE464025.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: January 1945 (7/17/2011 10:34:21 AM)
Burma (January 14th 1945) The ground combat stalemate continues at Chiang Mai. Allied have brought +2000av and japanese have 1050av currently in place there. In order to lift this deadlock the allied have increased their airwar campaign here. I have moved forces 40 miles west of Rahaeng. Dave seems to have around 30 000 men in reserve at central Burma. Last turn we bombed Rahaeng and Uttaradit in central Burma. Both sides lost around 70-100 aircraft there. The high allied casualties are due to the fact that those japanese are very experinced and some of our squadrons took off without escorts. (No suprise there) Tomorrow we will strike againts Bangkok with full force in order to distrubt his aerial assets in this region. There has not been anymore sightings of BB Yamato TF nor KB in this region. In northern Burma there are couple stubborn paratroopers that are fested around Lashio / Mandalay area. [image]local://upfiles/15617/3FED4B2B9630439AAF2BB27881C53B76.jpg[/image]

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