RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A)

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Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/2/2012 7:54:10 PM)
August 25, 1942 Subs Searaven duds on a DMS in an ASW TF near Singers. We are disappointed that return fire by DC is ineffective since in shallow waters we had a chance to do some real damage. Still, the discovery of a USN sub on this station proves that we really did ding the Tennant some days back. 4th Fleet Subs needed for the attack on Baker Island arrive at Kwaj to re-fuel. AMCs with float planes will arrive from Japan in a few days. Then the screening forces will launch from Kwaj while the invasion, bombardment and surface cover forces simultaneously depart from Truk. SE Fleet No change. Southern Army Today the weather allows 41 B-17s, escorted by about 7 Kittyhawks, to bomb our troops at Tennant Creek. Only 4 Nicks are present on LRCAP unfortunately, but they give a good account, shooting down two Kittyhawks and damaging several bombers. One Nick is lost, unfortunately. Sinabang is occupied. 15th Army We fly the 1st Raiding Regiment into Bhamo. This is a temporary expedient to prevent a move by enemy paras here. It reminds me of the quote by an Italian officer concerning use of the Folgore paratroop division to man the fortifications at El Alamein: "It was like using champagne to clean the floor." In a few weeks we'll have some garrison troops more suited to this assignment, but this is a hole that needs covering now. China Siangtan hits level 3 forts. Recon spots enemy troops with a move arrow NW out of Anking. Probably an effort to reinforce the mountain hex south of Tienshui. We have a fresh division approaching to bolster the defenses are aren't too concerned. Combined Fleet The fleet sorties for Babel without incident, preceded by a dedicated ASW TF.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/2/2012 8:07:25 PM)
August 26, 1942 A quiet day. Subs No sign of the enemy fleet in the Great Australian Bight. Given the presence of 3 Glen subs near Hobart, this is pretty definitive evidence they continued on toward Perth. We have two I-boats to the West, one off Perth and the other off the SW corner of Oz, waiting to try to spot them again. Many I-boats are pursuing, hoping to set up a "siege" at Perth similar to the one at Sydney. All this intel on the enemy fleet is golden. We have another Glen boat moving toward the western map edge, hoping for a lucky spot if the enemy is bound for the edge and presumably Cape Town. 4th Fleet Bettys from TB hit Baker, confirming that the only garrison is still the 1st Marine Raiders. As a bonus, the raid gets some good hits on the enemy. Kwajelein makes a level 5 port, a long term project finally completed. This will allow close support of fleet ops if things heat up here. SE Fleet Significant reinforcements (2 SNLF, 2 Raiding regiments) arrive at Truk. Southern Army No sign of the enemy air force over Tennant Creek. Loading of the units at Bataan is almost complete. In addition, the first of two big one time resource convoys begins to load excess resources at Manila. By good chance, the port is at 6.99% and should hit level 7 very soon. 15th Army Enemy float planes overfly Port Blair on nav search again today. We will put up some high Zero CAP to deter this. China We are in position to start closing off one of the two remaining enemy controlled hex sides at Pingsiang. The final hexside will be closed off by an armored car unit that will be in position tomorrow. The assault should begin in about 1 week (we are awaiting two new divisions). Combined Fleet The fleet is approaching Babel. We won't move further absent more evidence of enemy intentions, but should be in position to react in time. To assist with this, 3 PBs will take up station off the NW corner of Oz today and tomorrow.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/2/2012 9:31:01 PM)
August 27, 1942 Subs An annoyingly good day for Allied subs. First, a lone PB transferring to Soerabaja to serve in the picket line engages K VII unsuccessfully near Manado. Then K IX sinks an xAKL containing part of a base force bound for Sinabang in the Sunda Strait. Lifeboats in the TF reduce the loss of life, fortunately. Then Growler torps an xAK in a regular supply convoy bound for Hankow. The ship is alive but in bad shape. She is 1 hex south of some of the islands off Kyushu and will try to make one for emergency repairs. Finally, Gar duds on an ASW TF near Toyohara (again). Our own subs see no sign of the enemy TFs south of Oz. Perhaps this means they are heading for the map edge? We have the approaches to Perth, the Bight and the "double back" routes pretty well covered. 4th Fleet No change. SE Fleet Woleai makes level 3 forts as our "inner perimeter" program begins. Southern Army Our picket line off NW Oz is starting to take shape. Manila makes level 7 port. 15th Army A quiet day due to bad weather. We will soon recommence night bombing at Ledo. China Both sides still shifting troops. We have 2 regiments, a tank regiment, and a division marching to stiffen our 23rd Army's defenses, which currently run Kweilin - Liuchow - Nanning, in case CF tries a counteroffensive on this front. Combined Fleet We arrive at Babel and will await recon efforts to pick up the enemy fleet again. What is CF up to? Hmmm.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/3/2012 9:54:16 PM)
August 28, 1942 Subs No sign of the enemy fleet. It seems unlikely they slipped past our subs with no contacts to reach Perth, but we will perform some Glen recon to try to confirm. It looks ever more likely that they doubled back (in which case we will probably pick them up with Glen subs) or headed to Cape Town or India. Very interesting. S-39 puts two torps into an xAK hauling resources from Pontianak to Singers and down she goes. We'll shift some Jakes to cover this area, but CF has clearly re-worked his sub patrols to good effect. He knows where we will be because he knows the resource and oil sites. The best solution is ASW aircraft with trained pilots, which are beginning to come online in bigger numbers. 4th Fleet A big re-supply convoy unloads at TB. SE Fleet Gasmata makes level 4 airfield while Madang begins building. Luganville hits level 6 airfield. We will perform some Glen recon here and Noumea to try to get a feel for CF's intentions. Southern Army A new LCU approaching Tennant Creek is revealed to be 8th Australian Division. The jig is up - there's no sense getting pounded by B-17s if that much force is coming. Our 3 tank regiments will flee East into the desert before heading back to Daly. 15th Army Weather scrubs our attempt to return to night bombing at Ledo. Cribtop HQ orders a consideration of defenses in the event that CF's fleet movements indicate an intention to launch an offensive against Burma, Malaya or Sumatra. Cribtop Intel rates this as rather unlikely, but it doesn't hurt to think (well, sometimes it does, but mostly only while doing income taxes). China 1 LCU has left Changsha and is now on the road between Changsha and Changteh. This is probably just an effort to secure the LoC, but it would be intriguing if it were the first move of an abandonment of the city. We are again having the "armored movement problem" at Pingsiang, and this time there are no cute solutions. We are trying to capture the SW (map) hexside, but our armored car unit instead moves East along the major road. This bug is a real problem at a key hex, as the fall of Pingsiang will free up combat power to seize Changsha. We'll try again and also get an infantry unit on the move, but that will be slower and the delay is unfortunate. Combined Fleet For now we will loiter at Babel and use other assets to aggressively recon in an effort to ferret out the USN CVs. CF's recent actions and even his e-mail comments indicate that he will try something soon. We really want to guess where the blow will fall in order to be in ambush position.

princep01 -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/4/2012 2:46:37 PM)
Crib, I'm too lazy to look it up in the manual, but are armored car units restricted re crossing certain types of terrain hexsides? Being wheeled units, this makes some intuitive sense. Have you tried moving across the hexside with other types of units? It could be that the restriction is limited to the ACs.

crsutton -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/4/2012 3:06:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: princep01 Crib, I'm too lazy to look it up in the manual, but are armored car units restricted re crossing certain types of terrain hexsides? Being wheeled units, this makes some intuitive sense. Have you tried moving across the hexside with other types of units? It could be that the restriction is limited to the ACs. They can cross any type of hexside that any other ground unit can cross-no limitations for any specific type of unit. They move slower in certain terrain but still move. As far as I know movement is affected by terrain not by any sort of hexside. That is a blocked hexside no matter the reason is blocked for all units.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/4/2012 8:52:30 PM)
August 29, 1942 Good thought on the possibility that the armored cars couldn't cross that hexside, but I really don't think it works like that. Just a pathing issue, I suspect. I'm trying again and moving in infantry as they don't seem to suffer from the malady. Subs Seawolf twice duds on a DMS in an ASW TF near Singers; twice the return fire is ineffective, which is frustrating given that our DCs were actually reaching the sub due to shallow water depth. Then we are very fortunate that K VII duds on a DD escorting Tankers near Manado. Our Glen mission to recon Perth is scrubbed by storms over the city, we'll try again tomorrow. 4th Fleet We are putting a bunch of supply at TB. A second SNLF loads at Truk for Tarawa. SE Fleet Enemy recon of various bases, mostly Munda and Tulagi. Manus makes level 3 forts. Southern Army We put our crack Zero Hikotai on LRCAP at Tennant, mostly attempting to kill Kittyhawk escorts. The Kittys don't come out to play, however, just the bombers. Our elite pilots press home their attacks, and the result is mutually assured destruction as the A6M2s aren't as durable as the Nicks. 4 Zeros go down in exchange for 3 B-17s. Fortunately we only lose two pilots, and they were on the lesser side of the experience scale for that air group. Still, from now on we'll let the Nicks handle the monsters. Our armor is withdrawing from Tennant to the East. Then we'll cross the desert back to Daly. Recon shows two enemy LCUs and some search aircraft at Normanton, which is interesting. Perhaps a raid on this base would be useful. Miri and Taberfane hit level 3 airfields. Car Nicobar is invaded by DBCL troops. 15th Army Yet again weather stops our air raids on Ledo. It really rains a lot in Burma. [:D] Cox's Bazaar makes airfield level 2. China We are marching on Pingsiang from multiple directions. A new division arrives tomorrow, two more are a few days' out. We'll try a BA once the first of these divisions arrives to determine raw AS. In the meantime, bombers are pounding enemy troops at Pinsiang, Kukong and Ankang. We're bombing Ankang to slow down the enemy stack in order to ensure IJA reinforcements get to the mountain hex first. Combined Fleet We are in a holding pattern until we find out the location of the enemy fleet and until recon of potential target Luganville occurs. Did CF somehow double back? The world wonders.

princep01 -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/4/2012 10:30:48 PM)
Crib, in 4th Fleet Area, what is "TB"? I am not certain what encompasses 4th Fleet Area, so I cannot ID "TB" without getting a headache:).

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/4/2012 11:09:18 PM)
Tabitaea. It's so hard to spell I shorten it to TB. [;)]

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/6/2012 7:31:40 PM)
August 30, 1942 Subs Recon of Perth and Sydney by Glen boat finds little home in either port. We spot an ASW TF at Sydney and an odd TF reported as 2 AVs. No anchor symbols at all. We will continue recon to increase DLs to make sure, but for the moment we must assume that CF headed toward the map edge to duck our "minders." The real question is whether he heads West or doubles back East. RO-33 misses an APD just off Noumea and takes a penetrating DC hit. The TF had 6 APDs, so this was no ASW group. A hint that CF plans to double back? A TF planning to load a diversionary FT TF in the Solomons? We need more Intel. Koki Maru, the xAK torpedoed near Kyushu, sinks in port today. At Kwaj, we have subs and floatplane bearing AMCs ready for the Baker Op, but if the enemy CVs are doubling back, we may have bigger fish to fry than Baker. 4th Fleet No change. SE Fleet Kavieng makes level 2 airfield. At Munda, we put a few Zeros on high CAP to try to harass enemy recon planes. 65th Brigade and 14th Army HQ are en route to Truk. For now 48th Division will park at Babel, hedging bets on CF's offensive move. It feels good to have more troops ready to parry an attack. Southern Army 56th Division is about 3 days out from Singers, 18th Division about four days out from Kendari. Nice. Weather prevents enemy air attacks at Tennant. This means the tank units should march away from an expected attack by 8th Aussie Division, which arrived in the hex today. Car Nicobar is occupied. The last DBCL mission launches from Singers to clean up a few islands in the Java Sea and the dot bases near Sinkawang. Sabang hits level 4 airfield. A base force begins unloading at Sinabang to assist with search missions. 15th Army Ledo raids are a no go due to weather for the third straight day. Arrgh. China The armored car unit again fails to march correctly toward Pingsiang. An infantry unit will try its luck in a few days. Question: Assume that the armored car unit stays in the hex adjacent to the last enemy controlled hex side and we take Pingsiang. Will the enemy stack surrender rather than retreat into the Japanese controlled hex with the a/c unit? If so, we can go ahead. If not, Arrgh, part II. We have 17 LCUs in the bag here and need to apply the coup de grace in order to get Changsha. 5th Fleet Japan is swimming in recon groups, so just to rattle CF's cage we moved one to the Aleutians and have been photographing Umnak Island and Dutch Harbor, with help from a Glen sub. The intel shows small garrisons and what appears to be a Catalina group. The enemy looks very defensive here. Combined Fleet We have a variety of moves in place to try to gather enough intel to anticipate the enemy's next move and meet it with massed LBA and the full power of Combined Fleet. Where did the enemy fleet go? We will soon have Glen recon of Luganville and Noumea, which should help to answer the question of whether the Solomons are a likely target. Two new fleet DDs arrive and leave the Home Islands in company with a third that finished upgrading. They will go to Babel for now.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/7/2012 7:45:09 PM)
August 31, 1942 Subs I-7 torpedoes and sinks the mighty AM Madras near Sydney. Seadragon duds on a PB near Singapore. Annoyed by this boat's arrogance at lurking in shallow waters, we break four fleet DDs out of Indes Fleet and send them hunting (this in addition to another ASW TF and ASW aircraft already deployed). 4th Fleet No change. SE Fleet We've got a picket line of PBs on station here now like we do off the West coast of Australia. Of note, one PB picket has lurked for a week only 8 hexes from Luganville without any Allied search aircraft overflights. We've been able to use a lack of air search against CF in the past and may do so again here. This may be a sign the enemy is not serious about the Solomons, but it's just one data point. Paratroopers load at Truk for their duty station at Rabaul. We will have 120 AS of crack paratroopers standing ready as a local reserve with rapid deployment capabilities. Chichi Jima hits level four forts. Southern Army Kittyhawks sweep Tennant and shoot down 3 Nicks ordered to sacrifice themselves to allow the tank regiments to escape attack. We are fortunate that the pilots are only WIA. The three tank regiments do indeed march out of the hex and even get 20+ miles on toward the next hex East. CF doesn't attack the base today but it will no doubt fall tomorrow. Three AA units will get to Daly Waters in about a week to provide another weapon for 4E attrition. Sinabang is occupied and sets up shop as a seaplane base. Siboeret is next. 15th Army Cribtop HQ is annoyed that the IJAAF refuses to bomb Ledo. We will try tomorrow for a maximum effort with both day and night raids. A Zero group based at Rangoon re-sizes from 27 to 45, which is wonderful. China We order a BA at Pingsiang to test the waters. This base will be taken and then it's on to Changsha. If the BA shows we need more combat power, two fresh divisions will arrive in about a week. Several regiments have arrived at Nanning and Kweilin to take over garrison duties, freeing up a small para unit and the brigades of a division that will move to Liuchow and re-combine. A second division is en route as well now that the enemy's Kukong thrust has been stymied. Combined Fleet Recon of Perth and Sydney is inconclusive. We frankly have no idea where the USN carriers went, but will keep looking. If they move toward the DEI we have lots of early warning to spot them. Same thing in the Solomons. Other Mr. Tojo arrives! We immediately ramp up production of the Tojo IIa and will work to replace most Oscar groups. Priority is for groups in Burma and the 1st Sentai, which is currently loitering at Babel with an IJAAF bomber wing and a Dinah group, awaiting commitment to whichever theater CF chooses for an offensive. A question - we have 75 Ha-5 engines in the pool from pre-war stock. We aren't producing or using them. Is there anything to do with these engines? IIRC they can be used in Anns, which are decent ASW platforms. However, we will soon have so many Lily Is looking for a job that perhaps we can't do anything with the old Ha-5s. Thoughts?

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/8/2012 5:40:25 PM)
Full update later, but the APD FT TF that RO-33 recently missed near Noumea today lands a small infantry unit at unoccupied, Japanese held Ndeni. Recon of Sydney shows 37 LCUs present. Both of these events argue for a SWPAC advance but then the last time the enemy fleet was sighted it was headed West toward Perth. Cribtop HQ is racking its brains. Which side of Oz will CF strike? Where should Combined Fleet go? The fleet is currently hedging bets at Babel, but we'd like to figure out the enemy strategy and be in the neighborhood. We are also getting ready for offensive actions in case the Baker and Ndeni moves don't presage a major attack in, say, a 60 day time frame. What do you readers think? CF is more cautious than I am as a player, so it's hard for me to read him sometimes. Baker wasn't a feint for a move elsewhere. It's easy to assume that Ndeni is, but maybe it's just housekeeping for later. I want to move on Baker or Luganville, and I'm aware of and agree with the voices that want Japan to keep the initiative, but I don't want to do anything in SWPAC three days before CF unveils The Plan and launches a multi-divisional assault on Burma, Malaya, Java or Timor. My read for now is that SWPAC is more likely given the more convervative and historical nature of CF's play, but I can't shake the gut feeling that CF was heavily influenced by Q-Ball's successful offensive up through the Timor axis in their PBEM.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/8/2012 7:33:32 PM)
PS - in re-reading the post above it could be subject to misinterpretation. I am not saying I will wait 60 days and then try something offensive. Rather, I am saying that if intel and recon efforts convince me with reasonable certainty that CF is not going on a big offensive in a 60 day window I am likely to try something. Those are very different propositions. If CF looks likely to try something soon, I'd prefer to anticipate it and have my counteroffensive play off his original thrust.

Canoerebel -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/8/2012 7:44:25 PM)
If CF is a cautious player - as you believe and as his history suggests - then it is unlikely that he's going to take big chances as early as September 1942. Japan is too powerful at this point in the game - at least in a major head-to-head battle. CF probably isn't going to risk a major move into Indian Country in which he might have to face the KB. I can't see him moving on Timor, Java or Malaya at this point in the game (caveat - I haven't been able to read this or any other AARs in depth recently, so if there's been major losses to the KB lately I missed that). CF did suffer a devastating defeat in his game vs. Q-Ball when Q-Ball invaded Timor and the DEI in October 1942. I'm sure that experience was etched into his psyche. He knows he got burned bad at an early point in that game. But September '42 is even earlier. I just don't see him taking big chances. [:)]

Alfred -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/8/2012 7:54:55 PM)
Always distinguish the facts.[:)] Two reasons why Q-Ball was successful in his Timor axis move, and even then it was a much closer run race than perhaps you remember it to be. 1. Q-Ball executed well a large maskirovka operation in Centpac which directly contributed to Cuttlefish being unprepared to meet the main Allied operation on the Timor axis. 2. The KB was caught in a dead end sea hex and was therefore destroyed. I presume you're not planning on placing the KB in a similar dead end sea hex.[;)] Alfred

Canoerebel -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/8/2012 8:00:23 PM)
Q-Ball's maskirovka was devastaing, but it wasn't large. As I recall it included CV Long Island with an F4F squadron and not much else. But CF certainly fell for it. As a result, CF was caught off guard in the eastern DEI. It really wasn't a close thing at all. Brad was ashore in Timor in good shape before CF was anywhere close. By the time CF gathered his troops, he was panicking, which contributed to the awful naval battle that took place near Namlea, as I recall.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/8/2012 8:08:58 PM)
Thanks, gents. CR, fortunately KB has not lost a CV or CVL, or even suffered any significant pilot losses (knocks on wood). Alfred, indeed, the PT intercept heard round the world had a lot to do with the loss of KB in CF's game against Q-Ball, and no, I don't plan to sail KB into any box canyons. [;)] I am also aware that the occupation of NW Oz places some limits on enemy freedom of action in the Southern Army AO (as I define that AO). This was quite intentional. Finally, I agree with you both that an out of the blue attack in Sept '42 just isn't CF's style, and regardless of play style carries significant risks for any Allied player. I'll recon for another week to look for enemy dispositions and identify targets. Then Combined Fleet will move. For the moment, Luganville looks like the best target for a spoiling attack, but I want to use Glen recon to see what local assets are available at Noumea, Luganville and Fiji.

d0mbo -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/9/2012 12:41:52 PM)
Hi Cribtop, FWIW: I use my HA-5 engines on the MC-10 (?) transport plane. It's the best transport (load/range wise) for the IJA in the early war. Cheers, d0mbo.

obvert -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/9/2012 2:43:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cribtop August 31, 1942 Subs I-7 torpedoes and sinks the mighty AM Madras near Sydney. Seadragon duds on a PB near Singapore. Annoyed by this boat's arrogance at lurking in shallow waters, we break four fleet DDs out of Indes Fleet and send them hunting (this in addition to another ASW TF and ASW aircraft already deployed). Good hunting. Because of the valuable traffic here and the possibility of actually hitting a sub in the shallows, I keep at least one and at times more ASW TFs cruising around here. A night search Jake unit wouldn't hurt either to get early turn reaction for your hunters. quote: Other Mr. Tojo arrives! We immediately ramp up production of the Tojo IIa and will work to replace most Oscar groups. Priority is for groups in Burma and the 1st Sentai, which is currently loitering at Babel with an IJAAF bomber wing and a Dinah group, awaiting commitment to whichever theater CF chooses for an offensive. A question - we have 75 Ha-5 engines in the pool from pre-war stock. We aren't producing or using them. Is there anything to do with these engines? IIRC they can be used in Anns, which are decent ASW platforms. However, we will soon have so many Lily Is looking for a job that perhaps we can't do anything with the old Ha-5s. Thoughts? Congrats on the Tojo! How many will you build, and how much of the R n D will you push forward to the Iic? As for the Ha-5 engines, if you think you could use the Sally Ic in ASW or for later as a kami, (although its deadly slow) this could be an option. Of course the Topsy 1 might be useful still until the Tabby comes along. I built out the pool with Sally Ic and it's been very useful in China to have that extra 50 bombers. Pools are gone now in May and I'm slowly going to replace them with Sally IIa and Helen I.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/9/2012 8:41:06 PM)
Obert, Yeah, I've got ASW a/c and now 2 ASW TFs hunting near Singapore. The Sally Ic may be the best use of the Ha-5s. The IJAAF wing in Luzon that was suppressing Bataan and Clark was equipped with them. This group is now very uber after daily practice and will go to the Helen, but we could use Sally Ics as ASW platforms and in China. On R&D, the factory researching Tojo IIa is now researching the IIb (which is pretty useless due to the 40mm cannon (in)accuracy). However, the idea is to pull forward the IIb and then switch over without damage to the IIc. We've piled up over 500 Ha-34s to get the research bonus, which should help. The vast majority of R&D efforts are directed at George, Frank and Jack. We even have a size 30 factory working on Sam just for kicks. Currently, the 100 factories formerly producing Oscar Ic have re-tooled to Tojo IIa.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/9/2012 8:54:38 PM)
September 1, 1942 The Allies invade Ndeni. Subs Gato duds on a DD escorting TKs near Bihoro. Grouper duds on an xAK East of Luzon. This is the first sighting of USN subs in the Philippine Sea, which is bad news as we've been using it a lot. Recon of Perth is scrubbed by weather. At Sydney we find 37 LCUs and a dark anchor. DL is too low to pick up any specific ships, so we'll keep flying. 4th Fleet No change. SE Fleet The Marines land on Ndeni by FT TF. It's well executed and the APDs are gone by first light, which is good for CF as we have 36 Nells at Munda Point. Intel shows 2640 enemy troops. The base is undefended and will fall tomorrow. Southern Army 56th, 18th and 48th Divisions are all less than 2 days out from their staging bases. Cribtop HQ feels a lot more secure in this region now. Tennant Creek, abandoned by the IJA, is occupied by the Allies. Trinkat invaded by DBCL troops. 15th Army Again the night bombers don't fly. The daylight raid goes in, but thunderstorms ruin accuracy and the raid is not successful. Prome makes level 4 forts. China BA at Pingsiang shows raw AS 2319 to 968. We will DA tomorrow under cover of a bombing raid by both China bomber wings. Kweilin makes level 2 forts. Combined Fleet Currently cooling its heels at Babel while we accumulate intel.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/9/2012 10:31:35 PM)
September 2, 1942 Pingsiang falls! [&o] Subs A dedicated ASW TF finds K XV near Singkawang and puts one penetrating DC hit into the sub. That should send her home. Gar duds on an SC near Toyohara. Then the same sub is chased off by escorts of a resource convoy. Recon of Brisbane shows only 2 LCUs. Recon of Perth goes off but DL is so low we can't draw any conclusions yet. 4th Fleet A second SNLF for Tarawa is one days' sail out. SE Fleet Ndeni is occupied by the Allies. Southern Army Soebi-besar invaded. Lautern makes level 3 airfield. 15th Army We get lazy and pay the price. CF sends 4 UK DDs to ambush our DBCL task force at Trinkat. The TF is empty, so no troops are lost, but 2 xAK and a DMS go down. We thought about sailing out of the hex last turn while the ground troops did their thing, but figured we had so much air search in the area no one could sneak up on us. We were wrong - CF's DDs must've moved in at flank speed from beyond our search arcs. A lesson for the future. A PB and a third xAK survive and escape. By dawn, our G3M3 pilots find no sign of the intruders. Trinkat is occupied by our suddenly stranded DBCL company. China We are disturbed that weather scrubs all our bombers from hitting Pingsiang. Despite the lack of air support our troops prevail, dropping forts to 0, obtaining a 2:1, and taking the base. 17(!) LCUs surrender! Banzai! It turns out the single Allied controlled hex side meant nothing because we had our armored cars stationed in the hex adjacent to that hex side. 10 Corps, 2 base forces and 5 HQs surrender. Casualties are a tasty 35,977(3,822) vs 2,871(12). Wow. That's almost a year's worth of replacement squads. Ouch. [&o][sm=comp16.gif] Better, this action, as planned, frees up a lot of combat power to go for Changsha. Cribtop HQ calculates it can bring over 5,000 AS of battle hardened troops to bear. Niiiice! Combined Fleet We are trying to devise an operation that would draw the enemy fleet into a trap. It's rather difficult because CF is unlikely to let himself be sucked into range of our LBA. Hmm.

ny59giants -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/9/2012 11:54:34 PM)
TOJO POWER !! [&o][&o] You can go from Tojo IIa to Tojo IIc via the IIb. You have to click on the next model in the series first when doing R&D. If you skip one, then some will become damaged. To prove this for you, make sure you have saved the game. Click on "J" to open up Industry screen. Just pull up your R&D and then click on the Tojo IIb. You should be able to upgrade to the IIc without have any factories damaged. If they do become damaged, then exit the game and reload.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/10/2012 12:11:35 AM)
Thanks, Michael. That's what I did. Worked like a charm. With Mr. Tojo we will seek out the Allied air force with the IJAAF everywhere we can. [&o]

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/10/2012 6:56:11 PM)
September 3, 1942 Subs Lots of action, most of it bad for Japan. CF has clearly launched a big sub offensive, focusing on the DEI. We will shift even more ASW assets, primarily aircraft, to counter. Seawolf duds on a TK near Muntok. K XIV sinks an xAK in a new Singers to Manila resource convoy near Jesselton. K XV sinks an APD in an ASW TF that was hunting the sub near Singkawang. [8\|] I-18 goes ahead with a midget attack on Perth for recon purposes. She dodges ASW ships on the way in, drops the midget (which can't penetrate the harbor), then torpedoes and sinks the AM Colac on the way out, taking a penetrating DC hit in return. Recon of Perth shows no anchor but what looks like a TK convoy. A second pass over Brisbane shows 5 LCUs. 4th Fleet No change. SE Fleet We are moving an LCTF to hover at Ontong Java, in position to intervene if CF tries for any more cheap conquests. Southern Army Waingapoe makes level 2 airfield and provides a base in the center of the island chain East of Java. Soebi-besar occupied. 15th Army An analysis of yesterday's raid revealed a small gap in our air search patterns in the Bay of Bengal. We close it today and spot the UK DDs heading westbound, proof of concept that we closed the hole. A night raid finally goes into Ledo. It's ineffective, but a moral victory they finally launched. China Marching on Changsha. Combined Fleet No change.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/15/2012 11:03:03 PM)
September 4, 1942 Subs An ASW TF harasses Gar near Toyohara, then the sub duds on an SC. Gato duds on an xAK in the same waters. We will soon unlease an elite ASW group here. 4th Fleet Bettys hit Baker and find that a construction unit has joined the Raiders. Tarawa is now reinforced with a second SNLF unit. Total AS is now 100. SE Fleet Pago Pago port goes to 4. Southern Army No change. 15th Army Night bombing of Ledo goes in but is ineffective as most bombers "stray" in low moonlight and poor weather. Lao Cai is now building to be an LRCAP base for the other end of the re-supply flights. China Our hasty calculations on AS were wrong. Instead of 5,000 AS, we will be bringing 7,000 to the party at Changsha. [sm=character0169.gif] Combined Fleet No change as we continue to lack any info on the USN. From what Cribtop Intel can decipher, far from prepping an offensive the enemy may have gone to ground. Plan is to send Glen boats to various odd corners in search while a special I-boat with fully trained recon pilots in the Glen group obtains definitive intel on likely spots like Sydney, Perth, and Noumea.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/15/2012 11:28:47 PM)
September 5, 1942 Today is all about the subs. Subs DD Hasu chases Porpoise away from a TK convoy near Singers. Seawolf duds on an xAK near Palembang. Both enemy subs are lucky as we have ASW aircraft and 3 ASW TFs operating in the area. Porpoise's luck then runs out as she takes a run at our DBCL TF at Groot Natoena - a lowly PB puts a penetrating hit on the sub that CF confirms was nasty via e-mail. I-17 misses a KV near Umnak Island and takes a DC hit as well. It's not very serious, but enough to force the sub to retire. 4th Fleet No change. SE Fleet Nells out of Munda spot an AV at Ndeni. Tomorrow we will try a port attack to deal with this pest. Bora Bora port port level goes to 3. Southern Army Groot Natoena invaded. 15th Army Meiktila airfield hits level 3. China As we march on Changsha, Canton makes level 6 forts and will stop there. Hopefully it never comes to this, but good luck taking a heavy urban hex with level 6 forts. Combined Fleet I-34 arrives and we load it up with 70+ trained recon pilots. She departs Tokyo for Truk and then on to find the enemy fleet. Other Fusan makes level 5 port, awaiting an increase in business once Changsha (hopefully soon) falls. A little nostalgia there as my Dad went through Pusan in the Korean War, which oddly enough served as the springboard to a brief professional baseball career (fun story I once detailed in the "family war stories" thread a few months back).

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/15/2012 11:54:34 PM)
September 6, 1942 Q-u-i-e-t D-a-y Subs A DE DCs I-6 near Perth, chasing the sub away from a small convoy of xAKs. 4th Fleet No change. SE Fleet A big port attack at Ndeni by 36 Nells fails to find the enemy AV spotted yesterday. She probably headed for the hills once CF spotted our search planes yesterday. 14th Army HQ and 65th Brigade will arrive at Truk tomorrow. 65th Bde is bound for Milne Bay. Southern Army Nicks tangle with B-17s over our retreating armor in NW Oz. We get 2 critical hits and 2 B-17s damaged, but forget to check Tracker on this, so we're not sure how many B-17s failed to get home. Groot Natoena occupied. 15th Army No change. China We are marching on Changsha while the enemy force at Ankang is still trying to march into the mountain hex to the SE (map) of our mountain blocking force. Not sure whether the enemy intends to abandon Ankang or try to develop the combat power to punch through, but today another division arrives in the hex, raising AS to 1450+ with a x4 multiplier. We feel secure here. Combined Fleet No change.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/16/2012 12:00:50 AM)
September 7, 1942 Subs Escorts of a resource convoy chase S-39 away near Pontianak. UK DDs DC I-28 off the coast of India, scoring 2 penetrating hits and forcing the sub home. 4th Fleet TB makes level 5 forts. SE Fleet No change. Southern Army Today the B-17s get the best of our Nicks. We only lose 1 plane and no pilots, but fail to down any enemy planes. After days of Glen recon, Cribtop Intel becomes convinced that nobody is home at Perth. 15th Army No change. China No change. Combined Fleet We send a CA attached to Tanaka Force home for upgrade.

Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (3/16/2012 3:15:42 AM)
September 8, 1942 This was the quietest day of the war. Seriously, there's really not much to report. Even the daily milk runs were mostly socked in by bad weather. It's spring break and SXSW time here in Austin, I guess the war took a day off too! [:D]

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