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bigred -> RE: Yamato sunk (9/28/2011 5:18:50 AM)
Tracker reports the Yamato sunk by a mk12 mine. probably out of action for 3 months. Urban legend (according to my local game buddies) has it that the yamato is so large it clears its own path thru mine fields and can absorb mine hits w/ the blister hull. edit:I can find no combat report to the above report [image]local://upfiles/27655/8E0C4C7EBE774FF9BFD65BEB17D3EFF7.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: Terapo (9/29/2011 3:38:24 PM)
43jun10: I used an amphib Tf w/ APAs to unload at terapo. I worked late and stayed up late to make a turn for FatR. My intent was to pull the Tf off Terapo last turn. i did not hit the stop unload button and will probably lose two APAs. Looks like FatR has moved another air flotilla into the Rabaul area. past three turns I have shelled the hell out of Lunga/tulagi and reinforced supply at kiri w/ no IJN response. [image]local://upfiles/27655/37435C65532D45FD8F1FD75C9971533C.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: Rabaul (9/30/2011 2:48:12 PM)
43jun10: Saw weak cap over rabaul and used a long range b24 port strike from Horn island to shake up FatR. I sense a FatR weakness, he does not like his toys getting hurt. Japanese Ships BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 8, on fire CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 1 AV Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire BB Hiei, Bomb hits 3 xAK Manzyu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Maya, Bomb hits 1 [image]local://upfiles/27655/37D195000108456BB25BF469E09A980C.jpg[/image] Daily air war grind, betties nailed an undamaged APA at horn is.My second string fighter defense will not stand up to first line IJA fighter escort.

bigred -> RE: operational tempo (9/30/2011 6:39:51 PM)
I have noted that FatR is fixated on lil andaman as hitler was focused on Stalingrad. majority of his ftr sqns plus 70% of active bomber forces seem concentrated in the maya peninsula area. This has allowed me to wear down IJAAF units working the soloman/NG theatre. I am surprised at the lack of air cover over Lunga/tulagi. i suspect my buildup of fuel/supply is having effect on enemy as I keep moving from one Sopac/swpac operation into the next w/out any lag in tempo. I note if I give a lag to FatR he has time to make a fix, so my intent is to continue forward press as this does not allow FatR time to regroup. Tactically i have noticed my CL/5xDD SAG are very fast, can avoid betties, and seem to cause alot of damage if caught in a night fight. So I have pulled my BB/CA units from all forward amphib ops in the Sopac area. At The terapo landing my units went ashore w/out good prep but the hex was not garrisoned. Around Sopac I have about 2/3 SAGs, did have about 6 but we had a big battle earlier...I was looking at my ship reinforcements and noted I get 2xCLs and 10xDDs every month for the rest of the war.

bigred -> RE: Lil Andy (10/1/2011 7:12:11 PM)
43-6-10: FatR has knocked me down to level 4. Ground combat at Little Andaman (44,59) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 68109 troops, 798 guns, 327 vehicles, Assault Value = 2059 Defending force 43989 troops, 926 guns, 687 vehicles, Assault Value = 1019 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 1510 Allied adjusted defense: 615 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5461 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 331 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 72 disabled Engineers: 21 destroyed, 56 disabled Guns lost 45 (4 destroyed, 41 disabled) Vehicles lost 51 (10 destroyed, 41 disabled) Allied ground losses: 913 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 51 destroyed, 28 disabled Guns lost 20 (5 destroyed, 15 disabled) Vehicles lost 19 (5 destroyed, 14 disabled) [image]local://upfiles/27655/F01AE8CD86994CFB890A52F0F4825FAF.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: CK (10/1/2011 7:16:54 PM)
43-6-10: Wow. Look at the jap AV... [image]local://upfiles/27655/D9570F23D48B4E0CB69E2C7B0AFB8181.jpg[/image]

khyberbill -> RE: CK (10/4/2011 9:38:14 AM)
quote: Wow. Look at the jap AV.. I would think FatR would have supply problems with a large stack so far from the coast and rail heads.

Itdepends -> RE: CK (10/4/2011 1:08:31 PM)
What were the pilot skills on the B24's like that hit Rabaul? Does a port strike use NavB or GndB (I'd assume NavB).

Alfred -> RE: CK (10/4/2011 1:11:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Itdepends What were the pilot skills on the B24's like that hit Rabaul? Does a port strike use NavB or GndB (I'd assume NavB). Both Port and Airfield strikes use Ground skill. In both instances you are hitting fixed facilities located on terra firma. Alfred

crsutton -> RE: Yamato sunk (10/4/2011 5:48:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bigred Tracker reports the Yamato sunk by a mk12 mine. probably out of action for 3 months. Urban legend (according to my local game buddies) has it that the yamato is so large it clears its own path thru mine fields and can absorb mine hits w/ the blister hull. edit:I can find no combat report to the above report [image]local://upfiles/27655/8E0C4C7EBE774FF9BFD65BEB17D3EFF7.jpg[/image] Well, she probably hit a mine anyways. The MK 12 is about as powerful as a long lance, so you probably put a sizeable dent in her hull. Maybe 3-6 months in the yard.....

crsutton -> RE: CK (10/4/2011 5:51:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: khyberbill quote: Wow. Look at the jap AV.. I would think FatR would have supply problems with a large stack so far from the coast and rail heads. This has never been my experience in China. The Japanese don't see to have many supply problems at all unless they are not shipping enough to the costal ports.

bigred -> RE:Sad day for the CW (10/4/2011 10:07:02 PM)
Lil Andaman has fallen to the IJA. A sad depressing day for the Commonwealth. For some time I was out of supply. I read on the threads that it only takes one point of supply for a unit to fight full strenght. So I loaded all the subs in the area w/ supply transport and started a continuous feed. On the last attack I did not have a sub in port unloading.....I was also flying 18 catalinas per turn into L.A., all seemingly to no avail. The brit 18th/AUS 7th were both non upgraded divisions. round combat at Little Andaman (44,59) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 65149 troops, 799 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 1853 Defending force 42500 troops, 918 guns, 674 vehicles, Assault Value = 921 Japanese adjusted assault: 2696 Allied adjusted defense: 401 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese forces CAPTURE Little Andaman !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2563 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 225 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled Allied ground losses: 37050 casualties reported Squads: 1230 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3012 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 415 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1331 (1331 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 835 (835 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 19 Assaulting units: 48th Division 27th Electric Engineer Regiment 5th Division 38th Division 21st Division 8th Engineer Regiment 53rd Division 18th Division 8th Mountain Gun Regiment 15th Army 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Southern Army 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 18th British Division 7th Australian Division 6th Australian Div /2 35th Light AA Regiment I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion 6th Heavy AA Regiment 175 Wing IV Indian /2 Eastern Fleet RAF 222 Group Base Force 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment RAF 223 Group Base Force 1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment 48th Light AA Regiment 222 Group RAF I Australian Corps 1st Bengal Construction Battalion Sikh Construction Battalion III Indian /1

bigred -> RE: CK (10/4/2011 10:29:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Alfred quote: ORIGINAL: Itdepends What were the pilot skills on the B24's like that hit Rabaul? Does a port strike use NavB or GndB (I'd assume NavB). Both Port and Airfield strikes use Ground skill. In both instances you are hitting fixed facilities located on terra firma. Alfred As requested, yellow is single digit. i felt the results to be good..26 planes---16 known hits...61% hit rate per plane. Or is it figured 16x5=96x500lb bombs 16/96=16% of all bombs droped found a target. [image]local://upfiles/27655/AC2401E2CED14C17A394E1902A8073BE.jpg[/image]

Itdepends -> RE: CK (10/5/2011 4:33:07 AM)
Thanks Bigred- and to you as well Alfred. I thought I'd need to be training my heavy bombers in NavB as well to have a chance of catching my opponent in a port strike- good to know that's not necessary. Cheers, Daniel

bigred -> RE:Saumlaki (10/6/2011 6:37:23 AM)
43-6-16: [image]local://upfiles/27655/7E0C298F79654C7598724C9CDB5958DF.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: Rossell (10/6/2011 7:58:23 PM)
In other news one Bombardment FT each where ordered to Munda/Milni while an amphib group will land at Rossell this turn. Possibility of Jap naval air catching my 2 CVE cap covering force, but I expect the IJN to return to Rabaul. [image]local://upfiles/27655/A88A231656DC469DBA9B5BA3C911A503.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: No action (10/7/2011 1:28:59 PM)
43-6-16: 1. FatR must have seen my arriving SAGs at suamlaki as both trans/ CVL tfs withdrew before i arrived. 2. Rossell is a level one AF and growing. Amphib frce uncontested. 3. Armor battalion of stuarts 2 hexes southeast of Magwe trashed by 3 regiments of jap armor.

bigred -> RE: No action (10/8/2011 1:39:42 PM)
43-6-18: IJN sag Tf has reinforced the celebes. I am starting to feel uncomfortable w/ a lack of air cover for my ships. [image]local://upfiles/27655/631EFFFDB0544C108284FADFBB146801.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: No action (10/8/2011 1:42:04 PM)
This turn AtA score was 40 ijaaf to 12 allied. Night bombing Magwe w/ 100%moon destroyed bout 15 planes on the ground. [image]local://upfiles/27655/3F03268BB2024B04A513629E75EE8059.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: 43-6-19 (10/9/2011 3:58:26 PM)
I wanted to see the effect of my moonlight bombing campaign over a period of time...see here we see a the daily air grind. [image]local://upfiles/27655/0FF079331AFF447FBC5C498A13B2E92F.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: 43-6-19 (10/9/2011 4:00:05 PM)
3xCVs have arrived north of Darwin. [image]local://upfiles/27655/369AA38815BD4A9180F40DC5C2C219E3.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: Cap Trap (10/13/2011 12:14:40 PM)
2nd time I have seen FatR bring a BB TF w/in my bomber range. These TFs just sit next to his base w/ local CAP. Got 3x500lb hits on a Kongo class BB but did not score too good in the air war. [image]local://upfiles/27655/ABD99976E7DF42F2B989C13DF25E56DA.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: Cap Trap (10/13/2011 5:16:50 PM)
Just bait?

bigred -> RE: Cap Trap (10/14/2011 1:34:04 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs Just bait? I am not sure. The range is 7 and the TBF has a torp range of 6 so.. I had 2 sqns of TBFs set to range 8 @kira and off they went into attack w/AP bombs and about 6 f6fs escort...so i reduced the range to 6 and dont expect FatR to come into range w/out LRCAP. I felt like he did this 3 times on purpose. No problem w/me, I will have to be careful.

bigred -> RE: Fish in the Krish (10/14/2011 1:45:06 AM)
3xFish in the Krish: After last turn I expected FatR to realize I had TBFs at Kira. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect The BB SAG at Munda to move south w/out LRCAP. SoPac has a new mission---insure these BBs do not return to Japan. BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Kirishima--5 SBDs could not report hits do to the smoke. [image]local://upfiles/27655/AF6D59D492CC414EA68B101C9BF84F81.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: Fish in the Krish (10/14/2011 1:54:20 AM)
Chungking continues to deteriorate: Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 353105 troops, 4326 guns, 3587 vehicles, Assault Value = 11211 Defending force 207461 troops, 1592 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6859 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 5680 Allied adjusted defense: 8663 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 47190 casualties reported Squads: 187 destroyed, 4551 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 397 disabled Engineers: 14 destroyed, 583 disabled Guns lost 324 (12 destroyed, 312 disabled) Vehicles lost 112 (4 destroyed, 108 disabled) Allied ground losses: 10601 casualties reported Squads: 263 destroyed, 844 disabled Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 565 disabled Engineers: 27 destroyed, 74 disabled Guns lost 142 (36 destroyed, 106 disabled) Units destroyed 2 [image]local://upfiles/27655/DB0ED0589CEF4CF9B9924B04B6E0A2D4.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: Fish in the Krish (10/14/2011 2:29:16 AM)
My nearest SAG is located at Ndendi. CL/6xDD. I am surprised the CVLs in that TF did not fly CAP. I would bet they are all set to Escort. Nt sure. Time to unload my PT reserve at Kira. A PT pursuit TF..HaHa [image]local://upfiles/27655/10D9C158727F408382CD9E40ABB89CD6.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: Fish in the Krish (10/15/2011 12:20:06 AM)
Next day Essex/Wasp/Vic TF spring into action from the south of Munda. Fighter losses are heavy. FatR said in private email i should have sweep munda. But i did not know where the Tfs would end up when i made my move. Note my lack of torp hits... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M4 Zero x 13 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19 Allied aircraft Martlet IV x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 82 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 24 SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 TBF-1 Avenger x 39 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martlet IV: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 15 destroyed SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CA Maya BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M4 Zero x 13 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 15 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19 Allied aircraft Martlet IV x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 57 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 21 SBD-3 Dauntless x 17 TBF-1 Avenger x 48 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Martlet IV: 4 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 10 destroyed SB2C-1C Helldiver: 3 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 7 damaged TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage CA Atago, Bomb hits 1 DD Oyashio DD Yudachi CA Maya, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Isokaze [image]local://upfiles/27655/0459854FA789407988D22E53F89D3DED.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: Cap Trap-probably (10/15/2011 12:48:10 AM)
Probably was a cap trap. [image]local://upfiles/27655/15E762EAA9E347C494AEDDF821452C4E.jpg[/image]

bigred -> RE: Cap Trap-probably (10/15/2011 12:48:58 AM)
Was it worth it. I bet they are still floating. [image]local://upfiles/27655/3A5CEDE02F484CEEA8BC60FEDD353606.jpg[/image]

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