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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 74 18 February, 1942 (7/21/2010 2:57:29 AM)

At Balikpapan, the last remnants of the 1st Raiding Detachment died to a man after spending two days surrounded and without supplies. The warrant officer in command led the last 191 soldiers on a glorious bayonet charge at the Dutch positions just before dawn. Their sacrifice will be remembered.

In other news, the KB is almost home and appears to have already navigated the prowling American subs.

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seydlitz_slith -> Turn 75 19 February, 1942 (7/21/2010 4:59:58 AM)

Turn 75 19 February, 1942

Lots of ships seem to be suddenly steaming up out of the Panama off map area and there is a lot of traffic near San Diego.

I-15 expended her last torpedoes in this area on an American troop transport. She put two fish into the 8,240 ton President Hayes, sending her to the bottom. I also had two other sub attacks against destroyers in this area, but both missed.



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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 75 19 February, 1942 (7/21/2010 5:13:30 AM)

In the southwestern corner of Australia, the Kaga and Akagi elected to strike a west bound tanker convoy near Albany. The Augustina was hit by 7 bombs and the Talang Akor was hit by 2 bombs. The AM Eland DuBois that was escorting was also hit by two bombs.

I kind of wish that things would have stayed quiet until my second relay of tankers had completed their transit south of Tasmania but I will deal with it.
I am torn between striking Perth or Melbourne with the carriers. I have sent an I-boat to scout Perth with her Glen next turn.

It would be nice if he thinks that this is the whole Kido Butai down there. The real KB arrived home this turn. Veteran replacement pilots have been assigned to the units that took losses, and all ships needing repair are having them done. I plan for the force to sail again in about a week. In the meantime, a series of military balls and galas are being held in Kure and nearby Hiroshima to celebrate the bravery of our naval aviators who just returned from striking the enemy homeland.



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seydlitz_slith -> Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 3:37:33 AM)

Turn 76 20 February, 1942

The Akagi and Kaga struck shipping off Perth this turn, sinking several small patrol vessels and three cargo ships.


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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 3:39:08 AM)

Off San Diego, Traskott ad several unescorted ships sail through my picket line.
First was the AS Fulton, which was hit with 2 torpedoes. She did not go down, however.


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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 3:41:28 AM)

Next came the Liner President Madison, also off San Diego, hit by one torpedo from I-25.

She also did not go down, but I believe that I have sunk or damaged every one of the President liners since game start.



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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 3:44:14 AM)

I-25 struck again two more times during the afternoon. She made two attacks on the British freighter Gandara. The first attack scored with 1 torpedo. I-25 then attacked again and put two more fish into the large merchant, sinking her. I-25 is now out of torpedoes and heading back to harbor to reload.



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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 3:45:50 AM)

Here as my sub leader board as of Turn 76.

As you can see, one of my top subs loves to hunt warships. The only non-warship was a large liner.



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offenseman -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 3:46:54 AM)

Your sub campaign reminds me of the German "Happy Time" when the U-Boats returned to port with a lot of fuel but no torps. Excellent work.




seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 3:51:57 AM)

Here is more details on the sinkings by sub.

Part 1 of 2


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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 3:54:17 AM)

part 2. These are sinkings only. I also track damaging attacks but chose not to display them this time around.

I must be hurting his troop transport and tanker capacity.



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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 3:58:09 AM)


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ORIGINAL: offenseman

Your sub campaign reminds me of the German "Happy Time" when the U-Boats returned to port with a lot of fuel but no torps. Excellent work.




That is how I feel about it also. I keep wanting to call it "Operation Drumbeat" but that is decidely un-oriental.

Coincidentally, this is the same time that Drumbeat was going on on the Atlantic coast. Had Japan been this successful off the California coast at the same time, FDR would have been fit to be tied.

Funny thing is that I haven't seen any of the Canadian Corvettes after my little sweep with the Kido Butai. I don't know what he did with them but they were the only effective escorts that he seemed to have at this point.



offenseman -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 5:33:18 AM)

Paukenschlag indeed. ;)  

I think you are right.  Two coasts with a lot of shipping going down would have hurt the war effort a lot; the east coast was on the edge regardless. The Germans were doing the IJN a favor had they only recognized it, they might have been able to capitalize. Well that and the sub doctrine they operated under. 



janh -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 9:52:59 AM)

Indeed, one can only be impressed by your skillful use of subs and raiders.  Your opponent must be pulling out his hairs by now.  These losses will probably hurt him in the mid-run badly and delay the Allied counter-invasions.



DTurtle -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 10:49:46 AM)

What does the situation in the SRA look like?



seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 76 20 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 12:57:43 PM)

I will try to post a screenie of the SRA in my next update.

I am about to enter Singapore. I could have entered already but I held my troops up for several turns in Johore so that I could consolidate the two large forces into one. He has already pulled his planes out and is preparing for his last stand.



crsutton -> RE: Turn 69 13 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 6:04:20 PM)


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ORIGINAL: janh

You really perform naval warfare "in depth".  If your opponent doesn't start moving ASW and covering forces back to his home waters, he will keep loosing ships at a quick rate.  And any ships and planes he moves to defend his backwaters won't be involved in frontline actions...  He must be faced with a dilemma at this point in war...



Yeah, the Allies just do not have enough assets to cover everything for the first half of 1942. You just have to protect the most valuable and take your lumps with the lesser stuff. However, he won't lose the war by losing some AK and AP to subs. Warships and tankers need protection. After June when SCs start to arrive things get better.



Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Turn 69 13 February, 1942 (7/22/2010 11:59:29 PM)

EEK ! ..



seydlitz_slith -> Turn 77 21 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 2:46:28 PM)

Double post



seydlitz_slith -> Turn 77 21 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 2:53:54 PM)

Turn 77 21 February, 1942

A force of ANZAC cruisers turned up out of nowhere and shelled Tarawa in the middle of the night. Why? I have no idea. I am sure that it was impressive reading on the front page of the Australian newspapers the next morning, but the attack did essentially nothing. My total damage as 1 port hit and 9 casualties. These casualties occurred when one of the first salvos hit the base latrine, and the occupants got the sh[:-]t blown out of them.

Other than that, I am sure that he burned a lot of fuel and ammo conducting this raid for nothing.

In the meantime, Kaga and Akagi began their attacks on Perth harbor, sinking or damaging several ships including the cruiser Houston, AV Lagley, AR Castor, AD Blackhawk, and AS Platypus. No planes were lost.

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seydlitz_slith -> Turn 78 22 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 2:58:38 PM)

Turn 78 22 February, 1942

The only thing significant this turn was that the Kaga and Akagi continued to strike Perth and escaping shipping in the immediate area.

However, I did promise a screenie of the SRA, so here it is. There is a huge stack of units in Johore that are moving into Singapore. They should arrive in about 10 turns since they are moving in combat mode.



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seydlitz_slith -> Turn 79 23 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 3:01:39 PM)

Turn 79 23 February, 1942

Another quiet turn. The main action being my continued carrier air attacks on Perth and now including Geraldstown.

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seydlitz_slith -> Turn 80 24 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 3:08:18 PM)

Turn 80 24 February, 1942

Another turn where the only real action was my continued air attacks on Perth. My replenishment task force has successfully rounded Tasmania and is well into the southern ocean. I must now decide whether I want to continue up the western Australian coast, maybe hitting Java on the way out, or if I want to exit via the Bass Strait, hitting Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane on my way out. I still have a good number of bomb sorties left on both carriers and it has crossed my mind that if I bomb the repair yards on my trip out that it might hurt him for quite a while by reducing his ability to repair damaged ships in theater.




DTurtle -> RE: Turn 80 24 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 4:51:07 PM)

When does the invasion of Java/Sumatra start?



seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 80 24 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 11:25:38 PM)


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ORIGINAL: DTurtle

When does the invasion of Java/Sumatra start?


Probably late March to early April. I am a patient and conservative player.



seydlitz_slith -> Turn 81 25 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 11:27:33 PM)

Turn 81 25 February, 1942

My carriers continued to bomb Perth this turn, putting a few more bombs into the Cruiser Houston.



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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 81 25 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 11:30:05 PM)

Off Soerbaja, I-155 shelled the small freighter Latouche, setting her ablaze from stem to stern.



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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 81 25 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 11:31:55 PM)

Northeast of Oahu, I-23 put three torpedoes into the large freighter Forbes Hauptmann, sinking her.



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seydlitz_slith -> Turn 82 26 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 11:37:13 PM)

Turn 82 26 February, 1942

My ground forces finally crossed over into Singapore city and the struggle for that great port has now began.
We inflicted more casualties than we took, but the fort level is at 4 so the combat crossing has left my ground forces both fatigued and disrupted. With a beach head established in the city, I shall have the artillery bombard while my troops recover fatigue and disruption from the crossing.



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seydlitz_slith -> RE: Turn 82 26 February, 1942 (7/25/2010 11:39:12 PM)

Off the California coast, I-28 puts a fish into the Canadian corvette New Westminster, sinking her.
This is great because the corvettes are his best ASW units.



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